Marking the 3.x release line EOL has no impact on existing users; they are free to continue using it as they have for the past two years. This decision is primarily about development focus—we’re officially acknowledging that we won’t be dedicating efforts to 3.x anymore, which has already been the case for some time.
The processes are designed to support the project's long-term health, and without formally closing this chapter, we risk negatively affecting the project's future. Every good thing comes to an end, and it's better to conclude this phase on a positive note rather than letting it become a burden. Let’s push forward together and focus on Hive 4.x! I will start a vote thread for marking the end of 3.x soon. -Ayush On Mon, 30 Sept 2024 at 13:29, Denys Kuzmenko <dkuzme...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hive 3.1 is certainly the most widely adopted release line, however, we do > not see any activity on this line, even in terms of providing security fixes > and CVE backports. Hive 3.1.3, the most recent release of the 3.x, was > released on 2022-06-17. > > We don't want to scatter our resources so we focus on Hive 4.0 and would like > to encourage everyone to start using Hive 4.0 where we resolved numerous > critical bug and security fixes, introduced number of improvements and new > features.
