On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 5:23 PM, Yakov Zhdanov <yzhda...@apache.org> wrote:
> 1. I see nothing wrong in having EA perpetually available. I would even > prefer all vendors to keep all EA versions available just for tracking and > history purposes. > We have opposite views here. To me, early access versions are ephemeral. They are only legit until the final version is released. By doing that, you run the risk that "forgetful" users who once tried an EA, keep using it forever even after GA is released. In other words, what you are proposing to do – to push an EA to Maven Central – is equivalent to Microsoft packaging Windows 11 Early Access in a box and putting it on sale forever. And keeping it on sale even after Windows 11 GA, Windows 12 GA, Windows 13 GA (Americans would probably skip that :)), etc. are released decades after. No company or project does that, to my knowledge. I would consider it an anti-pattern. Regards, *Raúl Kripalani* PMC & Committer @ Apache Ignite, Apache Camel | Integration, Big Data and Messaging Engineer http://about.me/raulkripalani | http://www.linkedin.com/in/raulkripalani http://blog.raulkr.net | twitter: @raulvk
