Hi, Following the discussion to end branch-2.8, I want to start a discussion around what's next with branch-2.9. I am hesitant to use the word "end of life" but consider these facts:
* 2.9.0 was released Dec 17, 2017. * 2.9.2, the last 2.9.x release, went out Nov 19 2018, which is more than 15 months ago. * no one seems to be interested in being the release manager for 2.9.3. * Most if not all of the active Hadoop contributors are using Hadoop 2.10 or Hadoop 3.x. * We as a community do not have the cycle to manage multiple release line, especially since Hadoop 3.3.0 is coming out soon. It is perhaps the time to gradually reduce our footprint in Hadoop 2.x, and encourage people to upgrade to Hadoop 3.x Thoughts?
