+1 On May 15, 2013, at 10:57 AM, Arun C Murthy <a...@hortonworks.com> wrote:
> Folks, > > A considerable number of people have expressed confusion regarding the recent > vote on 2.0.5, beta status etc. given lack of specifics, the voting itself > (validity of the vote itself, whose votes are binding) etc. > > IMHO technical arguments (incompatibility b/w 2.0 & 2.1, current stability of > 3 features under debate etc.) have been lost in the discussion in favor of > non-technical (almost dramatic) nuances such as "seizing the moment". There > is now dangerous talk of tolerating incompatibility b/w 2.0 and 2.1) - this > is a red flag for me; particularly when there are just 3 features being > debated and active committers and contributors are confident of and ready to > stand by their work. All patches, I believe, are ready to be merged in the > the next few days per discussions on jira. This will, clearly, not delay the > other API work which everyone agrees is crucial. As a result, I feel no > recourse but to restart a new vote - all attempts at calm, reasoned, civil > discussion based on technical arguments have come to naught - I apologize for > the thrash caused to everyone's attention. > > To get past all of this confusion, I'd like to present an alternate, specific > proposal for consideration. > > I propose we continue the original plan and make a 2.0.5-beta release by May > end with the following content: > # HDFS-347 > # HDFS Snapshots > # Windows support > # Necessary & final API/protocol changes such as: > * Final YARN API changes: YARN-386 > * MR Binary Compatibility: MAPREDUCE-5108 > * Final RPC cleanup: HADOOP-8990 > > People working on the above features have all expressed considerable comfort > with them and are ready to stand-by to help expedite any necessary bug-fixes > etc. to get to stabilization quickly. I'm confident we can get this release > out by end of May. This sets stage for a hadoop-2.x GA release right after > with some more testing - this means I think I can quickly turn around and > make bug-fix releases as necessary right after 2.0.5-beta. > > I request that people consider helping out with this plan and sign up to help > push hadoop-2.x to stability as outlined above. I believe this will help > achieve our shared goals of quickly stabilizing hadoop-2 and help ensure we > can support it for forseeable future in a compatible manner for the benefit > of our users and downstream projects. > > Please vote, the vote will run the normal 7 days. Obviously, I'm +1. > > thanks, > Arun > > PS: To keep this discussion grounded in technical details I've moved this to > dev@ (bcc general@). >
