Looks like 128 issues in 1.8.x that are not in 1.7.x. I looked through them, I didn't see anything that stood out as destabilizing.
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ACCUMULO-4572?jql=fixVersion IN (1.8.0%2C 1.8.1) AND fixVersion NOT IN (1.7.0%2C 1.7.1%2C 1.7.2%2C 1.7.3) AND project %3D ACCUMULO > -----Original Message----- > From: md...@cloudera.com [mailto:md...@cloudera.com] On Behalf Of > Mike Drob > Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2017 3:14 PM > To: Accumulo Dev List > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Question about 1.7 bugfix releases > > Are there potentially destabilizing new features in 1.8 that are not present > in > 1.7.x? > > On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 2:09 PM, Christopher <ctubb...@apache.org> wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 12:39 PM Sean Busbey <bus...@cloudera.com> > wrote: > > > > > Why do we consider 1.8.1 stable? > > > > > > > > > > > > I would consider 1.8.1 stable (or, at least as stable as 1.7.3), > > because it includes all the bugfixes that we've identified in 1.7, > > plus fixes to all the known issues which were identified shortly after the > rollout of 1.8.0. > > And, because I've seen users use it successfully. > >
