That's a good question. I asked the same question in April by myself. :)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r84e4e575dd7414921aadee1df116e0e900fb1e000919e921a0d08993%40%3Cdev.orc.apache.org%3E
Apache ORC will follow `Semantic Versioning` like many other Apache
projects.
https://semver.org (Semantic Versioning 2.0.0)
Given a version number MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, increment the:
MAJOR version when you make incompatible API changes,
MINOR version when you add functionality in a backwards compatible
manner, and
PATCH version when you make backwards compatible bug fixes.
For example, 1.7.1 is a patch version of 1.7.0 which can have only
backward-compatible bug fixes. 1.8.x can have new backward-compatible
features.
Dongjoon.
On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 9:53 AM Pavan Lanka <pla...@apple.com.invalid>
wrote:
> Thanks Dongjoon for initiating this.
>
> I wanted to include the release policy into this discussion as that will
> influence what kind of cadence we might need.
>
> I would like to understand the differentiation between a Patch Release
> X.Y.Z and a Minor Release X.Y.
> Are there any scenarios where a minor enhancement might be included into a
> patch release instead of waiting for a minor release?
>
> Regards,
> Pavan
>
> > On Oct 16, 2021, at 8:56 PM, Dongjoon Hyun <dongjoon.h...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, All.
> >
> > There were some questions and discussion about Apache ORC release cadence
> > at our GitHub PR. I want to share it with you and get your opinion on it.
> >
> > https://github.com/apache/orc/pull/936#issuecomment-944017204
> >
> > According to our release page, Apache ORC release cadence requires
> > one or two years for the next minor version.
> >
> > https://orc.apache.org/docs/releases.html
> > - 1.4.0: 2017-05-08
> > - 1.5.0: 2018-05-14 (About 1 year and 6 days)
> > - 1.6.0: 2019-09-03 (About 1 year and 4 month)
> > - 1.7.0: 2021-09-15 (About 2 years and 12 days)
> > - 1.8.0: 2023-09-15 (About 2 years?)
> >
> > Apache ORC release cadence is also related to the EOL of the old
> releases.
> > For example,
> > - 1.5.x was maintained for 40 months and was archived on 2021-09-15.
> > - 1.6.x EOL is expected on 2022-09-03 if we maintain it for 3 years.
> > - 1.7.x EOL is expected on 2024-09-15 if we maintain it for 3 years.
> >
> > What is your expectation on Apache ORC release cadence?
> >
> > Dongjoon
>
>
