+1 for the plan. I like the idea of a beta release.
-Flavio On Monday, June 30, 2014 1:14 PM, Ivan Kelly <iv...@apache.org> wrote: > > >Hi folks, > >Now that 4.2.3 is out, we should start thinking about getting 4.3.0 >out. The dev cycle has been going for a long time now, and I think >there's enough new features in already to make a release. Once the >protobuf stuff goes in, we should put on a feature freeze and start >prepping a release. > >Given that there are so many changes in 4.3.0, I think we should >explicitly mark it as a beta release, and leave the 4.2 branch as the >"stable" branch. I think it will take another release or two to get >4.3 to stable. > >Opinions? > >-Ivan > > >