Are there any benefits of having an extra release of alpha versus just building a release candidate with extended time for testing?
On Sat, Oct 6, 2018 at 12:27 AM Christopher <ctubb...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi Accumulo devs, > > I'm thinking about initiating a vote next week for a 2.0.0-alpha > release, so we can have an official ASF release (albeit without the > usual stability expectations as a normal release) to be available for > the upcoming Accumulo Summit. > > An alpha version would signal our progress towards 2.0.0 final, serve > as a basis for testing, and give us something to share with a wider > audience to solicit feedback on the API, configuration, and module > changes. Of course, it would still have to meet ASF release > requirements... like licensing and stuff, and it should essentially > work (so people can actually run tests), but in an alpha release, we > could tolerate flaws we wouldn't in a final release. > > Ideally, I would have preferred a 2.0.0 final at this point in the > year, but I think it needs more testing. > > Does an alpha release next week seem reasonable to you? > > Christopher >
