We definitely cannot release HCat 0.5 before Hive 0.10. But I don't think we need to wait to branch. Why not branch now and start fixing issues and then update the dependencies once Hive ships?
Alan. On Nov 28, 2012, at 11:03 AM, Travis Crawford wrote: > Hey hcat gurus - > > Regarding the 0.5 release, I'd like to postpone branching until Hive 0.10.0 > ships, as we cannot release with snapshot dependencies. > > Proposal: > * Keep working on items with a target fix of 0.5 until Hive ships > * Branch when hive 0.10.0 ships, and post a release candidate > * Punt everything not yet complete to the next release > * Budget ~1 week for people to test, more if issues are discovered > * Ship it! > > Thoughts? > > --travis > > > > > On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Travis Crawford > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Status update: >> >> Thanks all for doing some jira cleanup and finalizing the list of >> outstanding issues for 0.5. Open issues scheduled for inclusion are >> available here: >> >> >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&jqlQuery=project+%3D+HCATALOG+AND+fixVersion+%3D+%220.5%22+AND+resolution+%3D+Unresolved+ORDER+BY+due+ASC%2C+priority+DESC%2C+created+ASC&mode=hide >> >> The plan is to branch next Tuesday, and hopefully release by EOW. As >> the schedule is tight, please be mindful of the review queue so we can >> get through these open issues. >> >> Thanks! >> Travis >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Travis Crawford >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Also, if we don't already have one I'd like to volunteer as the >>> release manager. I've never done one before and would like to learn >>> the process. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Travis >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Travis Crawford >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I'd love to start thinking about a 0.5 release, but let's hold off on >>>> branching until we understand a bit more about what we're releasing. >>>> >>>> As a first step, can everyone make sure the "Fix Version/s:" field >>>> says 0.5.0 for issues you're hoping to have included? >>>> >>>> You can view the full list of unresolved issues associated with 0.5.0 >> here: >>>> >>>> >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&jqlQuery=project+%3D+HCATALOG+AND+fixVersion+%3D+%220.5%22+AND+resolution+%3D+Unresolved+ORDER+BY+due+ASC%2C+priority+DESC%2C+created+ASC&mode=hide >>>> >>>> Also, for committers, if you can make some time for reviewing patch >>>> available issues that would be much appreciated. Its discouraging for >>>> contributors to have their patches linger. >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> Travis >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Daniel Dai <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>>>> Hi, folks, >>>>> How about branching 0.5 for 0.5.0 release? Hive will release 0.10.0 >>>>> soon (http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg24708.html), >>>>> sounds like it is a good time to make a HCatalog release as well. >>>>> Thoughts? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Daniel >>
