Thank you, Reynold. Clear enough as a backporting and as a new release criteria. Yes. Definitely. If there is no new commit on `branch-1.6`, there is no need to release.
However, Apache Spark 1.6.3 was a single release *accumulating* those kind of 52 patches. Given that `branch-1.5` has over 100 patches and we don't expect `1.5.3`, `branch-1.6` looks to me extraordinary as the last emperor of Apache Spark 1.X. Bests, Dongjoon. On 2016-11-27 12:50 (-0800), Reynold Xin <r...@databricks.com> wrote: > I think this highly depends on what issues are found, e.g. critical bugs > that impact wide use cases, or security bugs. > > > On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 12:49 PM, Dongjoon Hyun <dongj...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Hi, All. > > > > Do we have a release plan of Apache Spark 1.6.4? > > > > Up to my knowledge, Apache Spark community has been focusing on latest two > > versions. > > There was no official release of Apache Spark *X.X.4* so far. It's also > > well-documented on Apache Spark home page (Versioning policy; > > http://spark.apache.org/versioning-policy.html) > > > > > A minor release usually sees 1-2 maintenance releases in the 6 months > > following its first release. > > > > So, personally, I don't expect Apache Spark 1.6.4. After Apache Spark 2.1 > > will be released very soon, 2.1 and 2.0 will be the two major versions > > which the most community effort is going to focus on. > > > > However, *literally*, two major versions of Apache Spark will be Apache > > Spark 1.X (1.6.3) and Apache Spark 2.X. Since there is API compatibility > > issues between major versions, I guess 1.6.X will survive for a while like > > JDK7. > > > > If possible, could we have a clear statement whether there is a plan for > > 1.6.4 on homepage? > > > > Bests, > > Dongjoon. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org
