+1 Wilfred
> On 3 Mar 2020, at 05:48, Wei-Chiu Chuang <weic...@apache.org> wrote: > > I am sorry I forgot to start a VOTE thread. > > This is the "official" vote thread to mark branch-2.8 End of Life. This is > based on the following thread and the tracking jira (HADOOP-16880 > <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-16880>). > > This vote will run for 7 days and conclude on March 9th (Mon) 11am PST. > > Please feel free to share your thoughts. > > Thanks, > Weichiu > > On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 10:28 AM Wei-Chiu Chuang <weic...@cloudera.com> > wrote: > >> Looking at the EOL policy wiki: >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/HADOOP/EOL+%28End-of-life%29+Release+Branches >> >> The Hadoop community can still elect to make security update for EOL'ed >> releases. >> >> I think the EOL is to give more clarity to downstream applications (such >> as HBase) the guidance of which Hadoop release lines are still active. >> Additionally, I don't think it is sustainable to maintain 6 concurrent >> release lines in this big project, which is why I wanted to start this >> discussion. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 10:22 AM Sunil Govindan <sun...@apache.org> wrote: >> >>> Hi Wei-Chiu >>> >>> Extremely sorry for the late reply here. >>> Cud u pls help to add more clarity on defining what will happen for >>> branch-2.8 when we call EOL. >>> Does this mean that, no more release coming out from this branch, or some >>> more additional guidelines? >>> >>> - Sunil >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 11:47 PM Wei-Chiu Chuang >>> <weic...@cloudera.com.invalid> wrote: >>> >>>> This thread has been running for 7 days and no -1. >>>> >>>> Don't think we've established a formal EOL process, but to publicize the >>>> EOL, I am going to file a jira, update the wiki and post the >>> announcement >>>> to general@ and user@ >>>> >>>> On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 1:40 PM Dinesh Chitlangia < >>> dineshc....@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks Wei-Chiu for initiating this. >>>>> >>>>> +1 for 2.8 EOL. >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 10:48 PM Akira Ajisaka <aajis...@apache.org> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks Wei-Chiu for starting the discussion, >>>>>> >>>>>> +1 for the EoL. >>>>>> >>>>>> -Akira >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 4:59 PM Ayush Saxena <ayush...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanx Wei-Chiu for initiating this >>>>>>> +1 for marking 2.8 EOL >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -Ayush >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 17-Feb-2020, at 11:14 PM, Wei-Chiu Chuang < >>> weic...@apache.org> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The last Hadoop 2.8.x release, 2.8.5, was GA on September 15th >>>> 2018. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It's been 17 months since the release and the community by and >>>> large >>>>>> have >>>>>>>> moved up to 2.9/2.10/3.x. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> With Hadoop 3.3.0 over the horizon, is it time to start the EOL >>>>>>> discussion >>>>>>>> and reduce the number of active branches? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: common-dev-unsubscr...@hadoop.apache.org >>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: >>> common-dev-h...@hadoop.apache.org >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> Wilfred Spiegelenburg Staff Software Engineer <https://www.cloudera.com/>
