On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 1:48 AM, Bernd Fondermann <bf_...@brainlounge.de> wrote: > On 22.10.10 23:52, Eli Collins wrote: >> >> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Ian Holsman<had...@holsman.net> wrote: >> Hey Ian, >> >> I think we're all in agreement that we need to re-convene on a common >> branch that removes most of the deltas against an Apache release that >> we have all accumulated (primarily security, append, trunk backports). >> The open question is whether we try to come up with a common 20-based >> branch or wait for 22. That's been previously discussed on this list >> and there were some concerns, re-iterated on this thread, that we >> should invest in 22 rather than the current 20-based branches. >> >> Our current plan is to reconvene with everyone on 22 - a well-tested >> release with security and append should get users off the current >> 20-based branches. However if you and/or the Apache community feels >> that there needs to be an Apache 20-based branch and release that >> reflects what people are using (security, append, various backports in >> YDH/CDH) we are willing to create and maintain this branch on Apache. >> >> Thanks, >> Eli > > Eli, > > You are using "we" and "our" placeholders a lot in the last two paragraphs > and my brain's parser is failing to resolve them correctly - please can you > clarify where you speak of "we" the community/the > PMC/Cloudera/Yahoo/somebody else respectively. > > Thank you, > > Bernd >
Hey Bernd, Apologies for the confusion, I see your point. This is hopefully more clear: I think the *Hadoop contributors* are all in agreement that we need to re-convene on a common branch that removes most of the deltas against an Apache release that we have all accumulated (primarily security, append, trunk backports). The open question is whether *those of us that maintain 20-based branches (used internally or distributed)* try to come up with a common 20-based branch or wait for 22. That's been previously discussed on this list and there were some concerns, re-iterated on this thread, that *Hadoop contributors* should invest in 22 rather than the current 20-based branches. *Those of us who maintain Cloudera's 20-based branch* would like to reconvene with everyone on 22 - a well-tested release from trunk with security and append should get users off the current 20-based branches. However if you and/or the Apache community feels that there needs to be an Apache 20-based branch and release that reflects what people are using (security, append, various backports in YDH/CDH), *those of us who maintain Cloudera's 20-based branch* are willing to create and maintain this branch at Apache. Thanks, Eli