> I just tried to start it out of the box and it's failing. It tries to write on the /var/folders/ directory, which doesn't exist.
I think a failure to launch should sink the RC. :-) Beyond that I'd suggest crash bugs or recurring ERRORS or data corruption / loss. On Monday, April 1, 2013, Jean-Marc Spaggiari wrote: > Hi Stack, > > What are the expectations regarding 0.95? Should we open JIRAs for the > issues we found like for the other releases? > > I just tried to start it out of the box and it's failing. It tries to > write on the /var/folders/ directory, which doesn't exist. > > Since it's a dev release, I can configure that, or add the rights, or > create the directory, etc. and continue the testing with the remaining > test cases. Or should I report even such small issues? > > JM > > 2013/4/1 Jean-Marc Spaggiari <[email protected] <javascript:;>>: > > This is huge! > > > > Just looking at the JIRAs is staggering. There is many things I'm > > eager to see on a production release. > > > > Thanks for this develper release! > > > > JM > > > > 2013/4/1 Stack <[email protected] <javascript:;>>: > >> Here is our first 0.95.0 release candidate. Should we put this out as > >> 0.95.0? > >> > >> The 0.95.x series of releases are designated "developer releases", a > type > >> of release we have done in the past -- see the 0.89.x series -- where we > >> let out 'raw', barely-tested product so developers and those generally > >> interested can get some early exposure to what our next stable release > to > >> follow 0.94.x will look like. Putting out these 'rough cuts' also > helps to > >> get the feedback started earlier while the release is still baking. > >> > >> These "developer release" come with no guarantees. We make no > >> promises that the next release will be compatible with this one or even > that > >> you will be able to preserve data across the update (This is at an > extreme, > >> and highly unlikely, but could be the case). No work has been done to > make > >> it so you can migrate from 0.94.x HBase. > >> > >> In spite of all the caveats above, we still need to vote. Remember, > the bar > >> is intentionally set lower on these "developer releases"; it will have > to be > >> something pretty bad to block this RC going out. There should be a new > >> release > >> along in a week or two and we can address the offender there. > >> > >> The release artifacts may be downloaded from: > >> > >> http://people.apache.org/~stack/hbase-0.95.0RC0/ > >> > >> Let the vote run for a short time, say, April 3rd. Take it for a quick > >> spin. > >> > >> Over 1500 issues have been closed against 0.95.0. It is tough pulling > out > >> the highlights but I think most will be interested in big improvements > >> in Mean Time To Recovery, a revamped metrics, support for hadoop1 and > >> hadoop2.... the list is long. For the full list of issues fixed see: > >> > >> > >> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12310753&version=12324094 > >> > >> All feedback is welcome. We'd be interested in getting feedback on > >> everything from the packaging, layout, through documentation, UI, and of > >> course, > >> any bugs found. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> St.Ack > -- Best regards, - Andy Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet Hein (via Tom White)
