Hi Steve, I feel we won't have the confidence with major changes until we have a CI that runs the full suite of tests.
Thanks, --Gautham On Tue, 29 Nov 2022 at 16:12, Steve Loughran <ste...@cloudera.com> wrote: > he's got a point. > > what is to stop us cutting it from trunk? > > On Mon, 28 Nov 2022 at 18:12, Garret Wilson <gar...@globalmentor.com> > wrote: > >> On 11/14/2022 12:04 PM, Gautham Banasandra wrote: >> >> … >> I would like to aim for winutils deprecation by the end of the first >> quarter of 2023. >> >> The key word is "deprecation". Note that the sentence doesn't say the >> references in the code to Winutils will be removed by this time. I offered >> to remove it immediately. (What's the point of "deprecating" it when it's >> an an extra step you're forcing people to take to begin with? Just rip out >> the references.) >> >> … I feel it's a bit >> ambitious. But if things fall into place … >> >> Hardly anything ever "falls into place" the way it is expected. >> >> Peeps, I'm going to leave this list for the moment because it's bringing >> a lot of clutter to my inbox. Let me just summarize: >> >> - I pointed out that Winutils, however much it was a necessary evil >> at the time, needs to go, and go now. I implemented a completely working >> first version wrapper. I offered to finish the work by revamping the >> actual >> Apache code. >> - Many people said, "Oh, we're already working on that; hold our beer >> [that's an expression, for those who may not know] and soon it will be >> done!" >> - As the months and years roll on and everything remains as it is >> (I'll be happy if you prove me wrong), don't forget about me and feel free >> to reach out. I'll probably still be eager to fix the Apache code itself >> it >> if someone can figure out a way that I won't have to do it for free and >> live half a year off savings to do it. >> >> Best, >> >> Garret >> >
