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Hemanth Umashankar updated HIVE-29090:
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Description:
h2. Problem
The Hive source repository still contains legacy files that are unused or
unmaintained but are included in (or associated with) release artifacts:
* RELEASE_NOTES.txt — old in-tree release notes (e.g. 3.1.0 era); release
information is maintained in JIRA and on the Hive website.
* errata.txt — historical commit/errata notes, not actively maintained.
* .reviewboardrc — configuration for Review Board, which the project no longer
uses.
Keeping these files adds noise and packaging maintenance without clear benefit.
h2. Proposal
Remove all three files from the repository root and update packaging so dist
tarballs no longer include RELEASE_NOTES.txt or .reviewboardrc.
h2. Discussion
* Oct 2026 dev@ [DISCUSS] — proposal and volunteer to implement:
[https://lists.apache.org/thread/n0mhy096wb7tp7kmhvw5wjn7d54gffo1]
* Earlier dev@ thread on dropping RELEASE_NOTES from archives:
[https://lists.apache.org/thread/x93dfr32b7sf0n01hrgy87xsvl27yx3m]
was:
See the discuss from dev email:
https://lists.apache.org/thread/x93dfr32b7sf0n01hrgy87xsvl27yx3m
Release notes in the archives is a burden for the release manager, who would
need to constantly remind themselves to update the release notes.
I think the release notes in the archives package are likely rarely noticed by
users. Most users probably browse the release notes directly on the JIRA
website or through the JIRA change log for this release (such as [1]) provided
on the Hive website [2].
We should consider deleting release notes files from archives[3] to accelerate
the version release process.
[1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?
[2] https://hive.apache.org/general/downloads/
version=12354786&styleName=Text&projectId=12310843
[3]https://github.com/apache/hive/blob/master/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
> Remove stale RELEASE_NOTES.txt, errata.txt, and .reviewboardrc from repo and
> archives
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>
> Key: HIVE-29090
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-29090
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Butao Zhang
> Priority: Major
>
> h2. Problem
> The Hive source repository still contains legacy files that are unused or
> unmaintained but are included in (or associated with) release artifacts:
> * RELEASE_NOTES.txt — old in-tree release notes (e.g. 3.1.0 era); release
> information is maintained in JIRA and on the Hive website.
> * errata.txt — historical commit/errata notes, not actively maintained.
> * .reviewboardrc — configuration for Review Board, which the project no
> longer uses.
> Keeping these files adds noise and packaging maintenance without clear
> benefit.
> h2. Proposal
> Remove all three files from the repository root and update packaging so dist
> tarballs no longer include RELEASE_NOTES.txt or .reviewboardrc.
> h2. Discussion
> * Oct 2026 dev@ [DISCUSS] — proposal and volunteer to implement:
> [https://lists.apache.org/thread/n0mhy096wb7tp7kmhvw5wjn7d54gffo1]
> * Earlier dev@ thread on dropping RELEASE_NOTES from archives:
> [https://lists.apache.org/thread/x93dfr32b7sf0n01hrgy87xsvl27yx3m]
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