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ср, 7 окт. 2026 г. в 21:22, Nikita Amelchev <[email protected]>: > > Igniters, > > I would like to discuss how we communicate the status of Apache Ignite > 3 to users and propose making Ignite 2 the default version on the > website. > > Development of Ignite 3 has been inactive since April 23, 2026, the > date of the last commit to apache/ignite-3. Ignite 2 remains actively > developed: 2.18.0 was released in May and 2.19.0 is being planned [1]. > > Users keep asking about the status, and the answers exist only in the > mailing lists. In the last three months the community has replied that > the project is paused [2] and recommended Ignite 2.x for new projects > [3]. A request to the PMC for a public statement [4] has not been > answered yet. > > The website currently presents Ignite 3 as the primary version: "Get > started" and /docs/latest lead to Ignite 3.1.0 marked "Latest", 3.1.0 > is listed first on the download page, and the Ignite 3 documentation > contains no note about the status. As a result, new users choose 3.x > based on the website and later learn from the lists that 2.x is the > recommended option. > > I propose the following changes. They do not deprecate Ignite 3: the > status note is dated and can be removed as soon as development of > Ignite 3 resumes. > > 1. Add a status banner to the Ignite 3 documentation and the download page: > > Status (October 2026). Active development of Apache Ignite 3 is > paused. Ignite 3.1.0 remains available, but no next release is > scheduled and bug fixes are not guaranteed. For new projects and > production deployments the community recommends Apache Ignite 2.x, > which is actively developed and maintained. > > 2. Point "Get started" and /docs/latest to the Ignite 2 documentation > and list the latest 2.x release first on the download page. The Ignite > 3 documentation remains available under /docs/ignite3. > > If there are no objections within 72 hours, I will treat this as lazy > consensus, file a ticket and prepare a pull request to > apache/ignite-website. > > [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/7p3y7x390khfo39o6q57hcpfzpbfsfqb > [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread/wy2yldgydpcldxmjw6bbntx93mt2lbrg > [3] https://lists.apache.org/thread/02190to24181hnw44qqxo00plc51grb3 > [4] https://lists.apache.org/thread/0hz3drko5cpoofosxy4g90q98qyl0xc2 > > -- > Best wishes, > Nikita Amelchev
