Update on 2.1 progress. For pull requests:
15 currently in progress.
32 are open as TODO. But a lot of these will get bumped to the next version.
1,025 DONE. Wow! Good work everyone.

https://github.com/apache/accumulo/projects/3

On Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 4:55 PM Christopher <[email protected]> wrote:

> After some additional consideration, and getting a better understanding of
> how the code is expected to work from discussing it with Dave... I'm a
> little more inclined to support #2422 in 2.1, provided:
>
> 1. There's time for me to review it,
> 2. It is sufficiently decoupled from the existing code and marked
> experimental, so that we have the flexibility to alter its design, if it
> seems appropriate after it gets some exposure after the release,
> 3. Unit tests and integration tests are reliably passing (as stable as, or
> more stable than, they are currently),
> 4. No serious issues are discovered during review, and
> 5. It doesn't delay a release past early June, as I think this is a
> reasonable target date.
>
> This my wishlist before I can get behind it with a +1 for 2.1. If these
> aren't met, I do not intend to veto, but I'd be a -0 on its inclusion to
> 2.1. Of course, once I review it, my thoughts may change a bit.
>
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 7:07 PM Mike Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I think I can finish the FATE refactor PR [1] for 2.1. I had been keeping
> > it up to date with the latest in main but stopped because it was too much
> > work. I was waiting until the ZK property changes are completed before
> > resolving the latest conflicts. I don't think it is much of a risk. It is
> > mostly cleanup and refactoring to remove generics from the serialization
> > code. It will be some work to revisit but I think the risk is pretty low.
> > It would allow changing the serialization, which we may be able to get
> into
> > 2.1 as well.
> >
> > [1] https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/2475
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 11:50 AM Keith Turner <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 11:17 AM Christopher <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I haven't seen the metrics test fail very often lately. If it's
> > stable, I
> > > > don't mind removing the blocker on that issue, but I'd be reluctant
> to
> > > > close it entirely just yet, until we can verify it doesn't happen
> > > anymore.
> > > >
> > > > As for the original list of potential issues to include, I'm in favor
> > of
> > > > trying to get #2197 in. It was started awhile ago, is relatively
> simple
> > > and
> > > > well understood by several of us already... it just needs a bit of
> > > > attention to finalize reviews so it can be merged.
> > > >
> > > > However, I'm reluctant to include #2422, because I don't think it's
> > near
> > > > ready enough, and by the time it is, it will be very last minute,
> and I
> > > > don't want to delay 2.1 further for it. Even if it's included as an
> > > > experimental feature, I think it has huge potential to be disruptive,
> > or
> > > to
> > > > have a lot of churn by the time people actually have a chance to
> review
> > > it
> > > > thoroughly. Furthermore, I think there are possible alternatives
> (like
> > a
> > > > fully client-side implementation, based on offline scanners) that
> would
> > > > avoid the tight coupling of a new service to Accumulo's core code.
> This
> > >
> > > There are some advantages to scan servers over direct file access to
> > > consider.  One is scalability of computation, if a web server is
> > > serving N client queries with scan servers those can potentially go to
> > > different scan servers.  With direct file access, all N queries and
> > > their iterator stacks would have to run in the web server.  Another is
> > > scalability of caching/memory.  When web servers send queries to scan
> > > servers using a sticky algorithm for assigning tablets to groups of
> > > scan servers, it could lead to good cache utilization and sharing that
> > > may not be possible when running scans directly in the web server. So
> > > scan servers allow scaling cache and computations for queries
> > > independently of web servers in way that may not be possible with
> > > direct file access.
> > >
> > > Another advantage to consider is isolation.  With direct file access
> > > and queries running directly in a web server, a bad query could bring
> > > down a web server and lots of unrelated queries.  Having a bad query
> > > bring down a scan server may be less disruptive.
> > >
> > > > thread isn't for discussing this in depth, so we can have that
> > discussion
> > > > in a separate thread, but I'm generally opposed to including it this
> > late
> > > > in 2.1's development, given the timing, size and scope, tight
> coupling,
> > > and
> > > > current state.
> > > >
> > > > I don't know enough about #2475 to have a strong opinion, but it
> looks
> > > big,
> > > > and possibly high-risk, given the critical code it touches. It
> > currently
> > > > has a substantial number of conflicts with the main branch. However,
> I
> > > was
> > > > thinking that *some* minimal refactoring (like low-risk automatic
> > > > refactoring, like moving packages) could be done. So, if that's all
> > this
> > > > does, it might be okay. Otherwise, maybe it can be simplified? At the
> > > very
> > > > least, I was thinking it would be a good opportunity to move the
> > > > `org.apache.accumulo.fate` packages into an appropriate
> > > > `org.apache.accumulo.core` parent package (some would go to
> > > o.a.a.core.fate
> > > > and others might go to o.a.a.core.util or similar) to keep the
> package
> > > > namespaces standardized, which is helpful to avoid naming collisions
> > and
> > > > jar sealing issues, as well as for less complicated jigsaw module
> > > > definitions in future. Since 2.1 FaTE is already incompatible with
> > prior
> > > > versions, a rename at this time would be less disruptive.
> > > >
> > > > Another task I had wanted to be done for 2.1, before I got distracted
> > > > fixing test failures during and after Christmas and trying to work
> > > through
> > > > the singleton manager zookeeper stuff to see what we could simplify.
> > > What I
> > > > had wanted done was to standardize the way we pass table identifiers
> > > (name,
> > > > IDs) across the RPC layer, since we currently do that
> inconsistently. I
> > > > don't remember if there's an existing ticket open for it, but I have
> a
> > > > working branch I had started working out of for it before Christmas.
> > It's
> > > > relatively simple work, and would set us up for some much better APIs
> > > going
> > > > forward, as well as help with logging information about table
> actions.
> > If
> > > > necessary, it could be bumped to a future version, but then we'd have
> > > more
> > > > churn in the thrift layer. So, I'd prefer to get it for 2.1 to avoid
> > > that.
> > > >
> > > > As for planning, I was thinking early May for a code freeze (except
> bug
> > > > fixes and small improvements found during testing), so we can try to
> > > > release towards the end of May/early June. If we go with that
> timeline,
> > > > that's not a lot of time to wrap up features and have time for
> > > > review/testing, so we may need to be selective about what we hold off
> > > until
> > > > the next version, unless we want to further delay 2.1.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 9:13 AM Dave Marion <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I think [3] is OBE and can be closed.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 9:11 AM Mike Miller <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Yes I agree, that was the goal of this email thread. I found a
> few
> > > more
> > > > > > tickets that should be addressed for the next release.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ivan - There was some work done on this PR but it has been some
> > > time. Do
> > > > > > you want to take a look at it? Implement a Thread limit. [1]
> > > > > > Keith T - I think we should get this one merged to fix that
> > > consistency
> > > > > > check bug I found. It looks like it is finished. [2]
> > > > > > Dave & Dom - Were you guys able to figure out a fix for the new
> > > external
> > > > > > compaction metrics test? [3]
> > > > > >
> > > > > > FYI we have 6 blockers for 2.1:
> > > > > > https://github.com/apache/accumulo/labels/blocker
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This is almost definitely going into 2.1 [4]. Thanks Jeff!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [1] https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/1487
> > > > > > [2] https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/2574
> > > > > > [3] https://github.com/apache/accumulo/issues/2406
> > > > > > [4] https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/2215
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Fri, Apr 1, 2022 at 2:21 PM Dave Marion <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > I think it would be useful to do some release planning so that
> we
> > > know
> > > > > > what
> > > > > > > features we are working towards and in which release they will
> be
> > > in.
> > > > > > This
> > > > > > > would be helpful for determining what existing PRs need to make
> > it
> > > into
> > > > > > > 2.1.0. 2.1.0 is the LTM release, so patches for existing
> features
> > > will
> > > > > be
> > > > > > > backported (2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, etc.) However, as defined in
> > [1],
> > > > > > features
> > > > > > > that don't make it into 2.1.0 will go into the next non-LTM
> > release
> > > > > > (2.2.0)
> > > > > > > and any patches to bugs in those features will go into the next
> > > non-LTM
> > > > > > > release after that (2.3.0).
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I'm not trying to hold up the 2.1.0 release by suggesting that
> we
> > > > > perform
> > > > > > > this activity. I'm just asking what the future holds, even if
> > it's
> > > just
> > > > > > one
> > > > > > > feature in the next non-LTM release. My concern is that the
> next
> > > > > release
> > > > > > > will be open-ended and anything not included in 2.1.0 might not
> > > get put
> > > > > > > into a release for a very long time.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > [1]
> https://accumulo.apache.org/contributor/versioning.html#LTM
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 11:43 AM Mike Miller <
> [email protected]
> > >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Starting an email chain of things that folks want to finish
> for
> > > 2.1.
> > > > > > Here
> > > > > > > > is what we currently have in the works that are most likely
> > going
> > > > > into
> > > > > > > 2.1:
> > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/2569
> > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/2600
> > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/2293
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Some things that may go into 2.1:
> > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/2422
> > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/2475
> > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/2197
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I created a Project for follow on work to the ZK property
> > > change. I
> > > > > was
> > > > > > > > planning on putting tasks in there that we want to complete
> for
> > > 2.1.
> > > > > > But
> > > > > > > we
> > > > > > > > could also use it for post 2.1 work.
> > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/accumulo/projects/24
> > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/accumulo/issues/2469
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > FYI a draft copy of the release notes has already been on the
> > > > > website:
> > > > > > > > https://accumulo.apache.org/release/accumulo-2.1.0/
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > This may be a good thread to discuss whether or not a task
> > needs
> > > to
> > > > > go
> > > > > > > into
> > > > > > > > 2.1 or should wait for the next version. We currently have 32
> > > open
> > > > > pull
> > > > > > > > requests so please email me if there is one that you would
> like
> > > > > > > prioritized
> > > > > > > > for 2.1.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> >
>

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