+1 for consistence On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 10:40 AM, Ed Espino <esp...@apache.org> wrote:
> +1 to this recommendation. It has been a bit confusing keeping track of > versions. The Apache HAWQ version update is fairly simple. Now is the time > to make such an update. I imagine it will get harder the more time passes > on and the more the community grows. > > This will impact Jira versioning for our upcoming Apache HAWQ incubating > release. I will take care of that as part of the release process. > > Thanks, > -=e > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 5:00 PM, Vineet Goel <vvin...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Hi HAWQ dev community, > > > > > > Over the last few months, many users in the HAWQ community have expressed > > confusion about Apache HAWQ incubating release versions as compared to > > Pivotal HDB release version numbering. Since Pivotal’s donation of HAWQ > > codebase to Apache in September 2015, the community has grown, and users > of > > Apache HAWQ as well as HDB have participated and sought help from the > HAWQ > > dev/user community via mailing lists. > > > > > > With my Pivotal representation on this topic, I’m proposing Pivotal team > to > > make an effort to align commercial releases of HDB based on Apache HAWQ > > releases as much as possible. And, as part of the proposal, the > commercial > > HDB versions should also be aligned with the Apache HAWQ release > > versioning. The net result of this alignment at Pivotal will likely > result > > in higher Apache HAWQ release cadence and collaboration, plus lesser user > > confusion. I have seen this model work well in other Apache communities > > like Apache Ambari and more, in conjunction with the respective > commercial > > releases. > > > > > > Such an alignment on the versioning could quickly be achieved by doing a > > one-time version bump of upcoming Apache HAWQ release to 2.2.0.0 (versus > > 2.1.0.0) as there is no way to lower the version on the other end. Would > > the community & the Release Manager support such a version string change > to > > help Pivotal align their HDB releases to Apache HAWQ releases? I believe > > such an alignment will benefit the joint user community significantly. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Vineet > > > > > > -- > *Ed Espino* > *esp...@apache.org <esp...@apache.org>* > -- Best Regards, Yandong
