I'd like to propose that we start the release process for 1.7.4 and then 1.9.0. I'm willing to be the release manager for both if that would facilitate things.
As a strawman - I propose: March 1st - we start the formal release process of 1.7.4, with a goal that it would be complete and released around March 15th. This would be the last planned release of the 1.7.x line. March 19th we start the formal release process of 1.9.0. My real objective is to get a release of 1.9.0 that would be mostly equivalent to what would have been an 1.8.2, with the API changes for configuration to support Hadop-3. There seems to be some fixes in 1.8.1 that I'd like to see released and Keith Turner seems to be making some substantial fixes to performance issues that I'd hope to be able to take advantage of - however, I would like to have a bound to help limit upgrade risks. The dates are just a starting point for discussion - if Keith has additional fixes that we'd like to get in, but needs additional time that's fine with me, I'm really just pushing for sooner rather than later. Ed Coleman
