Thanks for pushing this forward Peter! Being the RM for this huge release was not an easy task.
Let's now aim for smaller and much more frequent releases. Personally, I would prefer to keep the alpha-X suffix for a while so I would opt for 4.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT for the next iteration. Best, Stamatis On Wed, Mar 30, 2022, 8:02 PM Peter Vary <pv...@cloudera.com.invalid> wrote: > Thanks to everyone who helped to create the Hive 4.0.0-alpha-1 release! > I really hope this helps our users to try out our previously unreleased new > features. > > As a last step of the release process, I will update the versions for the > next release. > I would like to ask your opinion about the next version. > > Which version should we use for the development: > - 4.0.0-SNAPSHOT > - 4.0.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT > > Thanks, > Peter > > On Mon, 21 Mar 2022 at 15:59, Peter Vary <pv...@cloudera.com> wrote: > > > Hi Team, > > > > If everyone agrees, tomorrow I would like to start the release process > > for 4.0.0-alpha-1. > > > > Is there any outstanding blocker jira that you know of? > > > > Thanks, > > Peter > > > > > > > On 2022. Mar 9., at 17:01, Stamatis Zampetakis <zabe...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > I just logged HIVE-26022 [1] which seems to be another potential > blocker > > > for 4.0.0-alpha-1. > > > > > > Best, > > > Stamatis > > > > > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-26022 > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 3:54 PM Peter Vary <pv...@cloudera.com> wrote: > > > > > >> Hi Team, > > >> > > >> Here is our status: > > >> We collected the blocker tickets and marked them with fixVersion > > >> 4.0.0-alpha-1: > > >> > > >> > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?filter=-1&jql=project%20%3D%20HIVE%20AND%20resolution%20%3D%20Unresolved%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%204.0.0-alpha-1 > > >> < > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?filter=-1&jql=project%20=%20HIVE%20AND%20resolution%20=%20Unresolved%20AND%20fixVersion%20=%204.0.0-alpha-1 > > > > > >> > > >> - HIVE-26002 - Create db scripts for 4.0.0-alpha-1 > > >> - HIVE-25994 - Analyze table runs into ClassNotFoundException-s in > > >> case binary distribution is used > > >> - HIVE-25935 - Cleanup IMetaStoreClient#getPartitionsByNames APIs > > >> > > >> Please create a jira and mark it with fixVersion 4.0.0-alpha-1, if you > > >> happen to know of any other blockers. > > >> > > >> We plan to fix these jiras, and then release the following artifacts > > >> together: > > >> > > >> - Storage API - 4.0.0-alpha-1 > > >> - Standalone Metastore - 4.0.0-alpha-1 > > >> - Hive - 4.0.0-alpha-1 > > >> > > >> > > >> Thanks, > > >> Peter > > >> > > >> > > >> On 2022. Mar 2., at 11:50, Peter Vary <pv...@cloudera.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> Will continue this discussion on the #hive ASF slack. If you are > > >> interested, please join. > > >> We will do updates here time-to-time, so the ones who are not using > > slack > > >> can participate that way. > > >> > > >> On 2022. Mar 2., at 11:11, Peter Vary <pv...@cloudera.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> Good idea Zoltan, joined the channel. > > >> I would like to scope reasonably small, so I agree with focusing on > > >> 4.0.0-alpha-1 > > >> > > >> On 2022. Mar 2., at 11:01, Zoltan Haindrich <k...@rxd.hu> wrote: > > >> > > >> Hey, > > >> > > >> regarding 4.0.0 / 4.0.0-alpha-1 target/fix versions in the jira: > > >> * I think we should change all already resolved tickets with fix > version > > >> 4.0.0 to have fix version 4.0.0-alpha-1 > > >> ** this could be postponed until we are actually releasing the thing > as > > I > > >> think everyone committing to the master is entering 4.0.0 as fix > version > > >> without much aftertought...this could probably change after we get the > > >> first release out. > > >> * regarding the the existing tickets with fix version/target version > > 4.0.0 > > >> - I think that would be a bit too much (>200 tickets) > > >> ** some numbers: > > >> *** 239 tickets open now > > >> *** 224 was not updated in the last 90 days > > >> *** 216 was not changed in the last 180 days > > >> *** 178 was not updated in the last 360 days > > >> ** as a matter of fact I think many of these tickets shouldn't even > > have a > > >> target or fix version - and most of them should be unassigned...I > don't > > >> want to get lost in this right now...I think for now we should keep > the > > >> scope small and only care with 4.0.0-alpha-1 tickets > > >> > > >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/? > > >> > > > jql=project%20%3D%20hive%20and%20resolutiondate%20%20is%20empty%20and%20(fixVersion%20%20in%20(%274.0.0%27)%20or%20cf%5B12310320%5D%20%20in%20(%274.0.0%27)) > > >> > > >> I think for faster communication regarding these things we could also > > >> utilize the #hive channel on the ASF slack - what do you guys think? > > >> > > >> cheers, > > >> Zoltan > > >> > > >> On 3/2/22 9:51 AM, Stamatis Zampetakis wrote: > > >> > > >> Agree with Peter, creating JIRAs is the way to go. > > >> Putting the appropriate priority (e.g., BLOCKER) and version (4.0.0 or > > >> 4.0.0-alpha-1) when creating the JIRA should be enough to keep us on > > track. > > >> I am mentioning both 4.0.0 and 4.0.0-alpha-1 because eventually I > think > > we > > >> are gonna move everything with target 4.0.0 to 4.0.0-alpha-1. > > >> On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 9:37 AM Peter Vary <pv...@cloudera.com.invalid > > > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >> Hi Team, > > >> > > >> Could we create tickets for the issues? > > >> I think it would be good to collect the issues/potential blockers in > the > > >> jira instead of having a complicated mail thread. > > >> > > >> If we set the target version to 4.0.0-alpha-1, then we can easily use > > the > > >> following filter to see the status of the tasks: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%3D%22HIVE%22%20AND%20%22Target%20Version%2Fs%22%3D%224.0.0-alpha-1%22 > > >> < > > >> > > >> > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project=%22HIVE%22%20AND%20%22Target%20Version/s%22=%224.0.0-alpha-1%22 > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> @Stamatis: Sadly I have missed your letter/jira and created my own > with > > >> the fix for building from the src package: > > >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-25997 < > > >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-25997> > > >> If you have time, I would like to ask you to review. > > >> > > >> If anyone knows of any blocker I would like to ask them to create a > jira > > >> for that too. > > >> > > >> Thanks, > > >> Peter > > >> > > >> > > >> On 2022. Mar 2., at 7:04, Sungwoo Park <c...@pl.postech.ac.kr> wrote: > > >> > > >> Hello Alessandro, > > >> > > >> For the latest commit, loading ORC tables fails (with the log message > > >> > > >> shown below). Let me try to find a commit that introduces this bug and > > >> create a JIRA ticket. > > >> > > >> > > >> --- Sungwoo > > >> > > >> 2022-03-02 05:41:56,578 ERROR [Thread-73] exec.StatsTask: Failed to > run > > >> > > >> stats task > > >> > > >> java.io.IOException: org.apache.hadoop.mapred.InvalidInputException: > > >> > > >> Input path does not exist: > > >> > > >> > > > hdfs://blue0:8020/tmp/hive/gitlab-runner/a236e1b4-b354-4343-b900-3d71b1bc7504/hive_2022-03-02_05-40-50_966_446574755576325031-1/-mr-10000/.hive-staging_hive_2022-03-02_05-40-50_966_446574755576325031-1/-ext-10001 > > >> > > >> at > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.FetchOperator.getNextRow(FetchOperator.java:622) > > >> > > >> at > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.stats.ColStatsProcessor.constructColumnStatsFromPackedRows(ColStatsProcessor.java:105) > > >> > > >> at > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.stats.ColStatsProcessor.persistColumnStats(ColStatsProcessor.java:200) > > >> > > >> at > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.stats.ColStatsProcessor.process(ColStatsProcessor.java:93) > > >> > > >> at > org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.StatsTask.execute(StatsTask.java:107) > > >> at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Task.executeTask(Task.java:212) > > >> at > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.TaskRunner.runSequential(TaskRunner.java:105) > > >> > > >> at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.TaskRunner.run(TaskRunner.java:83) > > >> Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.mapred.InvalidInputException: Input path > > >> > > >> does not exist: > > >> > > >> > > > hdfs://blue0:8020/tmp/hive/gitlab-runner/a236e1b4-b354-4343-b900-3d71b1bc7504/hive_2022-03-02_05-40-50_966_446574755576325031-1/-mr-10000/.hive-staging_hive_2022-03-02_05-40-50_966_446574755576325031-1/-ext-10001 > > >> > > >> at > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > org.apache.hadoop.mapred.FileInputFormat.singleThreadedListStatus(FileInputFormat.java:294) > > >> > > >> at > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > org.apache.hadoop.mapred.FileInputFormat.listStatus(FileInputFormat.java:236) > > >> > > >> at > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > org.apache.hadoop.mapred.SequenceFileInputFormat.listStatus(SequenceFileInputFormat.java:45) > > >> > > >> at > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > org.apache.hadoop.mapred.FileInputFormat.getSplits(FileInputFormat.java:322) > > >> > > >> at > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.FetchOperator.generateWrappedSplits(FetchOperator.java:435) > > >> > > >> at > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.FetchOperator.getNextSplits(FetchOperator.java:402) > > >> > > >> at > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.FetchOperator.getRecordReader(FetchOperator.java:306) > > >> > > >> at > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.FetchOperator.getNextRow(FetchOperator.java:560) > > >> > > >> ... 7 more > > >> > > >> On Tue, 1 Mar 2022, Alessandro Solimando wrote: > > >> > > >> Hi Sungwoo, > > >> last time I tried to run TPCDS-based benchmark I stumbled upon a > similar > > >> situation, finally I found that statistics were not computed, so CBO > was > > >> not kicking in, and the automatic retry goes with CBO off which was > > >> > > >> failing > > >> > > >> for something like 10 queries (subqueries cannot be decorrelated, but > > >> > > >> also > > >> > > >> some runtime errors). > > >> > > >> Making sure that (column) statistics were correctly computed fixed the > > >> problem. > > >> > > >> Can you check if this is the case for you? > > >> > > >> HTH, > > >> Alessandro > > >> > > >> On Tue, 1 Mar 2022 at 15:28, POSTECH CT <c...@pl.postech.ac.kr> wrote: > > >> > > >> Hello Hive team, > > >> > > >> I wonder if anyone in the Hive team has tried the TPC-DS benchmark on > > >> the master branch recently. We occasionally run TPC-DS system tests > > >> using the master branch, and the tests don't succeed completely. Here > > >> is how our TPC-DS tests proceed. > > >> > > >> 1. Compile and run Hive on Tez (not Hive-LLAP) > > >> 2. Load ORC tables from 1TB TPC-DS raw text data, and compute > > >> > > >> statistics > > >> > > >> 3. Run 99 TPC-DS queries which were slightly modified to return > > >> varying number of rows (rather than 100 rows) > > >> 4. Compare the results against the previous results > > >> > > >> The previous results were obtained and cross-checked by running Hive > > >> 3.1.2 and SparkSQL 2.3/3.2, so we are faily confident about their > > >> correctness. > > >> > > >> For the latest commit in the master branch, step 2 fails. For earlier > > >> commits (for example, commits in February 2021), step 3 fails where > > >> several queries either fail or return wrong results. > > >> > > >> We can compile and report the test results in this mailing list, but > > >> would like to know if similar results have been reproduced by the Hive > > >> team, in order to make sure that we did not make errors in our tests. > > >> > > >> If it is okay to open a JIRA ticket that only reports failures in the > > >> TPC-DS test, we could also perform git bi-sect to locate the commit > > >> that begin to generate wrong results. > > >> > > >> --- Sungwoo Park > > >> > > >> On Tue, 1 Mar 2022, Zoltan Haindrich wrote: > > >> > > >> Hey, > > >> > > >> Great to hear that we are on the same side regarding these things :) > > >> > > >> For around a week now - we have nightly builds for the master branch: > > >> http://ci.hive.apache.org/job/hive-nightly/12/ > > >> > > >> I think we have 1 blocker issue: > > >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-25665 > > >> > > >> I know about one more thing I would rather get fixed before we release > > >> > > >> it: > > >> > > >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-25994 > > >> The best would be to introduce smoke tests (HIVE-22302) to ensure that > > >> something like this will not happen in the future - but we should > > >> > > >> probably > > >> > > >> start moving forward. > > >> > > >> I think we could call the first iteration of this as "4.0.0-alpha-1" > > >> > > >> :) > > >> > > >> > > >> I've added 4.0.0-alpha-1 as a version - and added the above two ticket > > >> > > >> to it. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20HIVE%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%204.0.0-alpha-1 > > >> > > >> > > >> Are there any more things you guys know which would be needed? > > >> > > >> cheers, > > >> Zoltan > > >> > > >> > > >> On 2/22/22 12:18 PM, Peter Vary wrote: > > >> > > >> I would vote for 4.0.0-alpha-1 or similar for all of the components. > > >> > > >> When we have more stable releases I would keep the 4.x.x schema, > > >> > > >> since > > >> > > >> everyone is familiar with it, and I do not see a really good reason > > >> > > >> to > > >> > > >> change it. > > >> > > >> Thanks, > > >> Peter > > >> > > >> > > >> On 2022. Feb 10., at 3:34, Szehon Ho <szehon.apa...@gmail.com> > > >> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> +1 that would be awesome to see Hive master released after so long. > > >> > > >> Either 4.0 or 4.0.0-alpha-1 makes sense to me, not sure how we would > > >> > > >> pick > > >> > > >> any 3.x or calendar date (which could tend to slip and be more > > >> confusing?). > > >> > > >> Thanks in any case to get the ball rolling. > > >> Szehon > > >> > > >> On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 4:55 AM Zoltan Haindrich <k...@rxd.hu> > > >> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> Hey, > > >> > > >> Thank you guys for chiming in; versioning is for sure something we > > >> > > >> should > > >> > > >> get to some common ground. > > >> Its a triple problem right now; I think we have the following > > >> > > >> things: > > >> > > >> * storage-api > > >> ** we have "2.7.3-SNAPSHOT" in the repo > > >> *** > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > https://github.com/apache/hive/blob/0d1cffffc7c5005fe47759298fb35a1c67edc93f/storage-api/pom.xml#L27 > > >> > > >> ** meanwhile we already have 2.8.1 released to maven central > > >> *** > > >> > > >> https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.hive/hive-storage-api > > >> > > >> * standalone-metastore > > >> ** 4.0.0-SNAPSHOT in the repo > > >> ** last release is 3.1.2 > > >> * hive > > >> ** 4.0.0-SNAPSHOT in the repo > > >> ** last release is 3.1.2 > > >> > > >> Regarding the actual version number I'm not entirely sure where we > > >> > > >> should > > >> > > >> start the numbering - that's why I was referring to it as Hive-X > > >> > > >> in my > > >> > > >> first letter. > > >> > > >> I think the key point here would be to start shipping releases > > >> > > >> regularily > > >> > > >> and not the actual version number we will use - I'll kinda open to > > >> > > >> any > > >> > > >> versioning scheme which > > >> reflects that this is a newer release than 3.1.2. > > >> > > >> I could imagine the following ones: > > >> (A) start with something less expected; but keep 3 in the prefix to > > >> reflect that this is not yet 4.0 > > >> I can imagine the following numbers: > > >> 3.900.0, 3.901.0, ... > > >> 3.9.0, 3.9.1, ... > > >> (B) start 4.0.0 > > >> 4.0.0, 4.1.0, ... > > >> (C) jump to some calendar based version number like 2022.2.9 > > >> trunk based development has pros and cons...making a move like > > >> > > >> this > > >> > > >> irreversibly pledges trunk based development; and makes release > > >> > > >> branches > > >> > > >> hard to introduce > > >> (X) somewhat orthogonal is to (also) use some suffixes > > >> 4.0.0-alpha1, 4.0.0-alpha2, 4.0.0-beta1 > > >> this is probably the most tempting to use - but this versioning > > >> schema with a non-changing MINOR and PATCH number will > > >> also suggest that the actual software is fully compatible - and > > >> > > >> only > > >> > > >> bugs are being fixed - which will not be true... > > >> > > >> I really like the idea to suffix these releases with alpha or beta > > >> > > >> - > > >> > > >> which > > >> will communicate our level commitment that these are not 100% > > >> > > >> production > > >> > > >> ready artifacts. > > >> > > >> I think we could fix HIVE-25665; and probably experiment with > > >> 4.0.0-alpha1 > > >> for start... > > >> > > >> This also means there should *not* be a branch-4 after releasing > > >> > > >> Hive > > >> > > >> 4.0 > > >> > > >> and let that diverge (and becomes the next, super-ignored > > >> > > >> branch-3), > > >> > > >> correct; no need to keep a branch we don't maintain...but in any > > >> > > >> case > > >> > > >> I > > >> > > >> think we can postpone this decision until there will be something > > >> > > >> to > > >> > > >> release... :) > > >> > > >> cheers, > > >> Zoltan > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On 2/9/22 10:23 AM, L?szl? Bodor wrote: > > >> > > >> Hi All! > > >> > > >> A purely technical question: what will the SNAPSHOT version become > > >> > > >> after > > >> > > >> releasing Hive 4.0.0? I think this is important, as it defines and > > >> > > >> reflects > > >> > > >> the future release plans. > > >> > > >> Currently, it's 4.0.0-SNAPSHOT, I guess it's since Hive 3.0 + > > >> > > >> branch-3. > > >> > > >> Hive is an evolving and super-active project: if we want to make > > >> > > >> regular > > >> > > >> releases, we should simply release Hive 4.0 and bump pom to > > >> > > >> 4.1.0-SNAPSHOT, > > >> > > >> which clearly says that we can release Hive 4.1 anytime we want, > > >> > > >> without > > >> > > >> being frustrated about "whether we included enough cool stuff to > > >> > > >> release > > >> > > >> 5.0". > > >> > > >> This also means there should *not* be a branch-4 after releasing > > >> > > >> Hive > > >> > > >> 4.0 > > >> and let that diverge (and becomes the next, super-ignored > > >> > > >> branch-3), > > >> > > >> only > > >> when we end up bringing a minor backward-incompatible thing that > > >> > > >> needs a > > >> > > >> 4.0.x, and when it happens, we'll create *branch-4.0 *on demand. > > >> > > >> For > > >> > > >> me, > > >> > > >> a > > >> > > >> branch called *branch-4.0* doesn't imply either I can expect cool > > >> > > >> releases > > >> > > >> in the future from there or the branch is maintained and tries to > > >> > > >> be > > >> > > >> in > > >> > > >> sync with the *master*. > > >> > > >> Regards, > > >> Laszlo Bodor > > >> > > >> Alessandro Solimando <alessandro.solima...@gmail.com> ezt ?rta > > >> > > >> (id?pont: > > >> > > >> 2022. febr. 8., K, 16:42): > > >> > > >> Hello everyone, > > >> thank you for starting this discussion. > > >> > > >> I agree that releasing the master branch regularly and > > >> > > >> sufficiently > > >> > > >> often > > >> > > >> is welcome and vital for the health of the community. > > >> > > >> It would be great to hear from others too, especially PMC members > > >> > > >> and > > >> > > >> committers, but even simple contributors/followers as myself. > > >> > > >> Best regards, > > >> Alessandro > > >> > > >> On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 at 12:22, Stamatis Zampetakis < > > >> > > >> zabe...@gmail.com > > >> > > >> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >> Hello, > > >> > > >> Thanks for starting the discussion Zoltan. > > >> > > >> I strongly believe that it is important to have regular and > > >> > > >> often > > >> > > >> releases > > >> > > >> otherwise people will create and maintain separate Hive forks. > > >> The latter is not good for the project and the community may > > >> > > >> lose > > >> > > >> valuable > > >> > > >> members because of it. > > >> > > >> Going forward I fully agree that there is no point bringing up > > >> > > >> strong > > >> > > >> blockers for the next release. For sure there are many backward > > >> incompatible changes and possibly unstable features but unless > > >> > > >> we > > >> > > >> get > > >> > > >> a > > >> release out it will be difficult to determine what is broken and > > >> > > >> what > > >> > > >> needs > > >> > > >> to be fixed. > > >> > > >> Due to the big number of changes that are going to appear in the > > >> > > >> next > > >> > > >> version I would suggest using the terms Hive X-alpha, Hive > > >> > > >> X-beta > > >> > > >> for > > >> > > >> the > > >> > > >> first few releases. This will make it clear to the end users > > >> > > >> that > > >> > > >> they > > >> > > >> need > > >> > > >> to be careful when upgrading from an older version and it will > > >> > > >> give us > > >> > > >> a > > >> > > >> bit more time and freedom to treat issues that the users will > > >> > > >> likely > > >> > > >> discover. > > >> > > >> The only real blocker that we may want to treat is HIVE-25665 > > >> > > >> [1] > > >> > > >> but > > >> > > >> we > > >> > > >> can continue the discussion under that ticket and re-evaluate if > > >> > > >> necessary, > > >> > > >> > > >> Best, > > >> Stamatis > > >> > > >> [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-25665 > > >> > > >> > > >> On Tue, Feb 1, 2022 at 5:03 PM Zoltan Haindrich <k...@rxd.hu> > > >> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> Hey All, > > >> > > >> We didn't made a release for a long time now; (3.1.2 was > > >> > > >> released > > >> > > >> on > > >> > > >> 26 > > >> > > >> August 2019) - and I think because we didn't made that many > > >> > > >> branch-3 > > >> > > >> releases; not too many fixes > > >> were ported there - which made that release branch kinda erode > > >> > > >> away. > > >> > > >> > > >> We have a lot of new features/changes in the current master. > > >> I think instead of aiming for big feature-packed releases we > > >> > > >> should > > >> > > >> aim > > >> > > >> for making a regular release every few months - we should make > > >> regular > > >> releases which people could > > >> install and use. > > >> After all releasing Hive after more than 2 years would be big > > >> > > >> step > > >> > > >> forward > > >> > > >> in itself alone - we have so many improvements that I can't > > >> > > >> even > > >> > > >> count... > > >> > > >> > > >> But I may know not every aspects of the project / states of > > >> > > >> some > > >> > > >> internal > > >> > > >> features - so I would like to ask you: > > >> What would be the bare minimum requirements before we could > > >> > > >> release > > >> > > >> the > > >> > > >> current master as Hive X? > > >> > > >> There are many nice-to-have-s like: > > >> * hadoop upgrade > > >> * jdk11 > > >> * remove HoS or MR > > >> * ? > > >> but I don't think these are blockers...we can make any of these > > >> > > >> in > > >> > > >> the > > >> next release if we start making them... > > >> > > >> cheers, > > >> Zoltan > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > >