Sounds good!
On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 12:58 PM Sean Busbey <bus...@apache.org> wrote: > You've had a great track record on keeping 1.4 releases going and I'd > hate to hold up things while I try to dig out branch-1.2. Let me get > 1.2 to a releasable state and after that I'd be up for scheduling when > releases on both branches happen. > > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 2:54 PM, Andrew Purtell > <andrew.purt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If we want to lock step 1.2 and 1.4 releases for a little while we can > do that. I mean approximately, like within a week or two of each other. We > could agree on a release calendar and then do the RM things when needed. > I'd be up for that. > > > > > >> On Aug 15, 2018, at 12:42 PM, Sean Busbey <bus...@apache.org> wrote: > >> > >> My hope is that in restarting I'll get the incremental cost of > >> maintenance releases down enough that I can be strict on the monthly > >> cadence. I don't think the 1.2 -> 1.4 upgrade path is well tested, and > >> I anticipate that some changes to 1.2 might be needed to make sure it > >> goes smoothly. regular releases make that easier. > >> > >> > >> > >>> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 2:19 PM, Mike Drob <md...@apache.org> wrote: > >>> How strict do you plan to be with the monthly release cadence? If > there's > >>> only a few Jira issues resolved on 1.2.x do you still plan to spin > those > >>> out? I don't understand how doing more releases on the old stable line > will > >>> incentivize adopters to move to the new stable line. > >>> > >>> Other than that, announcement seems fine. > >>> > >>>> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 2:16 PM, Sean Busbey <bus...@apache.org> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> If anyone has feedback before I send this, please let me know. I've > >>>> already updated dist.a.o for the stable line change. I'd like to send > >>>> this announcement tomorrow once the mirrors are updated. > >>>> > >>>> --- > >>>> > >>>> Hi HBase Community! > >>>> > >>>> The HBase developers would like you to know that we have updated the > >>>> "stable" release pointer to the 1.4.6 release. As future 1.4.z > >>>> releases are made the stable pointer will track them. All users of > >>>> releases prior to 1.4.6 are advised to upgrade to the new stable > >>>> release line. > >>>> > >>>> The prior stable release line was 1.2.z. I'm in the process of getting > >>>> releases on that branch going again. Users of that release line are > >>>> advised that once releases start again they will continue monthly for > >>>> a period of about 6 months before the branch moves to end-of-life. > >>>> > >>>> If you are currently a user of a release line older than 1.4 and > >>>> there's anything that would make your transition to the stable release > >>>> line easier please let us know either via email or JIRAs. > >>>> > -- Best regards, Andrew Words like orphans lost among the crosstalk, meaning torn from truth's decrepit hands - A23, Crosstalk
