On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Andrew Purtell <apurt...@apache.org> wrote:
> > +Packaging > > I would like to help you on this. Can do packaging and testing using the > Bigtop framework. I see HBASE-8187, but it's resolved. Elsewhere we > can coordinate? Could open a Bigtop jira. Whatever you prefer. > > I was most concerned about https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-8224-- publishing to mvn. That is what has me stumped at the moment. I love the idea of bigtop packaging. Should we do new issue for that? Or just use 8224. It has a few watchers -- downstreamers -- so it might be better to hang there at least at first. > > +Migration > > As part of the above. Test by starting with an 0.94 install on a small > cluster, load up some data, shut down and upgrade packages, try to > (re)launch... > > Yes, following the (as-yet-incomplete) instruction here: http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#upgrade0.96 > > What else? > > I beg your patience as RM. Some guys here have been working diligently for > the past couple of months on something that is in our estimation 0.96able. > Won't go into it here because they have been passing around a proposal for > dev@ since the weekend, to make sure it says what they want. Will be out > in > the next day or so for the consideration of all. > > Ain't no need to beg. Lets have a look at it before making a call. I'll spare the rehearsal that it is very late in the game, etc., etc., and that it unlikely that a *design* at this stage will make the cut given completed patches may not make it for want of review, etc., etc .... But lets see. Thanks Andrew, St.Ack