I second some calendar guessing. There's been releases every 1-2 months for a while now. I'd be curious what a guess at a gap would be between 1.20.0 and a GA of 2.0.0.
Thanks, Ryan On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 4:50 PM Adam Taft <a...@adamtaft.com> wrote: > Joe / team, > > Question on this. I think it would be helpful to understand the desired > timelines for the first 2.0.0 release. I know it's not strictly > predictable, but having a sense of what the timing looks like is important > to help understand the implications of a "maintenance only" 1.x line. The > schedule would ideally come from the folks who are actively looking at / > contributing to the 2.0 release. They probably have the best gauge as to > "when" it might happen (under ideal conditions). > > One of the risks, of course, is if the 2.0 release stalls or delays. Having > an idea of how 1.x might evolve for the users who are not necessarily > early-adopters or those that need longer support tails. If 2.0 is delayed > and 1.x looks unmaintained, there's a potential chance for the project to > lose a bit of credibility. I know we don't anticipate this scenario, but if > we had a plan for it, that would be reassuring. > > Maybe this was already addressed, I apologize if so. But if not, can we > throw some darts on the calendar to help understand the ideal rollout of > 2.0 on a timeline? And are there any adjustments for the scenario described > above? > > Thanks in advance, > > /Adam > > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 1:53 PM Joe Witt <joew...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Team, > > > > As David mentioned in [1] following a successful NiFi 2.0 release goal > > planning - we are now going to start moving the 'main' line to be the > NiFi > > 2.0 line which will allow for the key work to take place. We will also > > move niFi 1.x to its appropriate support line. > > > > It is also the case that we have nearly 100 JIRAs on NiFi 1.20 and we > have > > work in there including security items so it is time to make a release. > > The intent then is to initiate 1.20 and immediate after that change > 'main' > > to 2.0. > > > > Going forward then all work on the 1.x line should be focused on > > maintaining existing features, dependencies, and helping 1.x users > migrate > > to the 2.x line. Otherwise, new feature work will happen on 'main' as it > > normally does and will come out in the NiFi 2.x release line. > > > > Please flag key outstanding items as we narrow down the release candidate > > for NiFi 1.20. > > > > Thanks > > Joe > > > > [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/qo4vvdw46235y7vy2crcd6l4m11wl7jz > > >
