The "why" would because no one needs. If there are users consuming it, then I agree.
On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Enis Söztutar <e...@apache.org> wrote: > We have explicitly decided to do the 4.8 release supporting all 4 of 0.98, > 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2. > > Why would we even consider dropping support for patch releases? Having a > policy for keeping the supported hbase branches supported throughout the > patch releases makes the process simpler. Preventing upgrade to 4.8.1 for > HBase-1.0 and HBase-1.1 users will not look good at all. > > I think we can decide the base hbase versions on major version boundaries. > > Enis > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 1:39 AM, Andrew Purtell <andrew.purt...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > According to the responses received so far on our version usage survey, > > HBase 1.1 is the most popular, followed by 1.2, then 0.98. > > > > > On Aug 25, 2016, at 12:43 AM, James Taylor <jamestay...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > > I propose we only continue releases for HBase 0.98 and 1.2, both for > 4.8 > > > patch releases as well as 4.9 minor releases. > > > > > > Thoughts? > > >
