pankajkoti commented on code in PR #35277: URL: https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/35277#discussion_r1377534465
########## PROVIDERS.rst: ########## @@ -134,10 +152,13 @@ provider when we increase minimum Airflow version. Increasing the minimum version ot the Providers is one of the reasons why 3rd-party provider maintainers might want to maintain their own providers - as they can decide to support older versions of Airflow. -3rd-party providers -=================== +3rd-parties relation to community providers +------------------------------------------- -Providers, can (and it is recommended for 3rd-party providers) also be maintained and releases by 3rd parties. +Providers, can (and it is recommended for 3rd-party services) also be maintained and releases by 3rd parties, Review Comment: ```suggestion Providers, can (and it is recommended for 3rd-party services) also be maintained and released by 3rd parties, ``` ########## PROVIDERS.rst: ########## @@ -109,8 +117,18 @@ the community. Also it is often easier to advertise and promote usage of the pro themselves when they own, manage and release their provider, especially when they can synchronize releases of their provider with new feature, the service might get added. -Minimum supported version of Airflow for Community managed providers -==================================================================== +Community providers release process +----------------------------------- + +The community providers are released regularly (usually every 2 weeks) in batches consisting of any providers +that need to be released because they changed since last release. The release manager decides which providers +to include and whether some or all providers should be released (see the next chapter about upgrading the +minimum version of Airflow for example of case where we release all active, not suspended providers, Review Comment: ```suggestion minimum version of Airflow for example the case where we release all active meaning non-suspended providers, ``` ########## PROVIDERS.rst: ########## @@ -134,10 +152,13 @@ provider when we increase minimum Airflow version. Increasing the minimum version ot the Providers is one of the reasons why 3rd-party provider maintainers might want to maintain their own providers - as they can decide to support older versions of Airflow. -3rd-party providers -=================== +3rd-parties relation to community providers +------------------------------------------- -Providers, can (and it is recommended for 3rd-party providers) also be maintained and releases by 3rd parties. +Providers, can (and it is recommended for 3rd-party services) also be maintained and releases by 3rd parties, +but for multiple reasons we might decide to keep those providers as community managed providers - mostly +due to prevalence and popularity of the 3rd-party services and use cases they serve among our community. There +are however certain condition and expectations we have in order Review Comment: ```suggestion are however certain conditions and expectations we have in order. ``` -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
