This discussion seems to have died down coming closer consensus without a resolution.
I'd like to propose the following compromise: * HDSL become a subproject of Hadoop. * HDSL will release separately from Hadoop. Hadoop releases will not contain HDSL and vice versa. * HDSL will get its own jira instance so that the release tags stay separate. * On trunk (as opposed to release branches) HDSL will be a separate module in Hadoop's source tree. This will enable the HDSL to work on their trunk and the Hadoop trunk without making releases for every change. * Hadoop's trunk will only build HDSL if a non-default profile is enabled. * When Hadoop creates a release branch, the RM will delete the HDSL module from the branch. * HDSL will have their own Yetus checks and won't cause failures in the Hadoop patch check. I think this accomplishes most of the goals of encouraging HDSL development while minimizing the potential for disruption of HDFS development. Thoughts? Andrew, Jitendra, & Sanjay? Thanks, Owen
