Ah. Thanks! It just popped as the "first" when I looked at it I will mark
it as [ARCHIVED} and move to the archive.
So my point about updates are not really valid :). It's rather detailed and
updated from what I see.

J.

On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 2:08 PM Kaxil Naik <[email protected]> wrote:

> Just a note here:
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=103092651
> <
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=103092651>
> is
> the correct link for the AIP proposed for Scheduler HA. The other link was
> an old proposal from someone else.
>
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 12:57 PM Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > I started to feel that we need to clarify statements about the HA
> Scheduler
> > for our community. Not that I am losing sleep regularly over this but it
> > did keep me away last night when I started to think about it :).
> >
> > I have a feeling that while we already defined some - rather aggressive -
> > timelines for 2.0, the subject of HA Scheduler was not touched in the
> > previous Airflow 2.0 meetings. We are not very far from the release but
> the
> > HA scheduler is implemented inside Astronomer and we have not seen any
> code
> > for it yet in the community. I understand that a lot of work (not only
> > development but especially testing) has been put into it from the
> > Astronomer team internally.
> >
> > I am actually quite OK with that to be like that. I think Astronomer is a
> > super-valuable member of the community and I have no doubts Ash and Kaxil
> > and Daniel and others will do an awesome job with it. I am simply afraid
> > that when we see it, some of the cases that we see as needed by the
> > community will require more work. This will either delay the 2.0 release
> or
> > we will have to drop it from the 2.0 release. Looking at the number of
> > discussions we had with - much simpler IMHO - Smart Sensors, I have the
> > feeling that HA scheduler will spark even more discussions. The AIP-15
> > <
> >
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AIRFLOW/AIP-15+Scalable+Scheduler
> > >
> > was
> > not very rich in detail and the last time it has been updated was March
> > 2019 (!) and I have no doubt a big number of design decisions,
> > observations, learning has happened in Astronomer since.
> >
> > And to be perfectly honest - I am ok with both of the scenarios I can
> see:
> >
> > 1) We release HA Scheduler in 2.0
> >
> > For that, I think we should start looking at the code and discuss it
> > already quite some time ago IMHO. It might be too late if we want to fit
> > the aggressive timeline we have - especially that there are other things
> > the most active people are committing to for 2.0 and they might simply
> not
> > have enough time to make the quality review rounds and discussions. I
> think
> > we need to see it first to be even able to assess if we think we can make
> > it within the timeline.
> >
> > 2) We agree to release the HA Scheduler in 2.1 (or 2.2) and Astronomer
> will
> > use the HA Scheduler in their own service as a "commercial" add-on or
> > "advantage" of their offering.
> >
> > In the meantime - between 2.0 and 2.1 Astronomer could donate the code
> and
> > we could make sure it is reviewed and merged in the way that answers the
> > needs of different community members. This has also numerous advantages
> to
> > the community - similar to the case of Smart Sensors, Astronomer can test
> > it in production then and solve all the teething problems of such a
> > service.
> >
> > I cannot speak for the business models of Astronomer of course :), but it
> > seems to me like a nice advantage to have for a while, from the business
> > point of view. And as a community, we also benefit that we have such a
> > strong member of the community with a sustainable and good business
> model.
> > Without Astronomer's generous support, Ash, Kaxil, and Daniel especially
> > (but also others) - Airflow would not be where it is today. And I would
> be
> > 100% happy with such an approach as a PMC and member of the community
> and I
> > support it a lot if Astronomer chooses this path.
> >
> > I think, however, it's the highest time that we decide and clearly
> > communicate it to the users as a community. At least I have a feeling
> that
> > without the community members, committers, and some heavy users being
> > involved in the open, and having time for quality review and discussion,
> > releasing HA in 2.0 might be not possible. And to just reiterate - this
> has
> > nothing to do with the expected quality of the code and testing, but more
> > about potential differences in expectations, assumptions, understanding,
> > performance limitations, and anything else that might (and usually does)
> > come up.
> >
> > I think - since we already started to publish the schedule, this is the
> > right time that we make a decision on that and align expectations.
> >
> > Ry, Vikram - I'd love to hear what the intentions of Astronomer as a
> > company for the HA Scheduler are? I know as a group of committers we said
> > it a number of times that HA Scheduler will be in 2.0 so we built the
> > expectations among our users as a community. But maybe you really think
> > that pursuing scenario 2) (or maybe another scenario I have not thought
> > about) is the way to go for Astronomer?
> >
> > As I wrote above - I am personally perfectly fine with either of the
> > scenarios, and I think they are both beneficial for the community, but I
> > think we should discuss it, align expectations, and clearly communicate
> as
> > the Apache Airflow community.
> >
> > J.
> >
> > --
> > Jarek Potiuk
> > Polidea | Principal Software Engineer
> >
> > M: +48 660 796 129
> >
>


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