On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Konstantin Boudnik <c...@apache.org> wrote: > I like the list, except I am not sure how sane is that to include alpha > version of the platform.
There's this concern, yes. Personally I was on the fence for some time, but now that we have a pretty healthy branch-0.3 in Bigtop for Hadoop 1.X based work it feels like it would be a benefit to the community if we can expose Hadoop 2.X in that same way. It is a bit of a chicken'n'egg problem here: we don't want to force a wobbly platform down user's throats, but on the other hand, if nobody uses the platform it won't stabilize for a long time. At this point I think the benefits of making it available as part of a complete distribution outweigh the drawbacks. But you're right -- it is not a clear cut decision -- hence this email. Thanks, Roman.
