ok thanks On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Harsh J <[email protected]> wrote:
> One more thing: Do not get confused by the "Deprecated" API of Hadoop. > It has been undeprecated in 0.20.3 an 0.21, and continues to be fully > supported even in 0.22 -- This has been a major developer confusion > for months. > > On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Harsh J <[email protected]> wrote: > > 0.20.x is what's majorly used in production environments today. I'd > > recommend installing 0.20.x or one of it branches (HBase requires the > > hadoop-0.20-append branch, for instance.). > > > > I'm unsure if 0.21 series will be actively maintained since 0.22 > > should be out soon and there was some unconfirmed talk on the > > maintenance as well: > > > http://search-hadoop.com/m/EKvjZ1kTpNs1/0.21+maintain&subj=Maintenance+of+Hadoop+0+21+branch+ > > > > In any case, I'd personally suggest using 0.20.2 release base as it > > remains a solidly good Apache release and many continue to use it. > > > > On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 12:58 AM, Juan P. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi guys, > >> I wanted to know exactly which was the latest stable release of Hadoop. > In > >> the site it says it's release 0.20.2, but 0.21.0 is also available and > in > >> the repository there's already a branch for release 0.22.0. > >> > >> Is it possible that the current development branch is 0.22, the stable > is > >> 0.21 and the site is just out of date? > >> > >> Or is that 0.22 is dev, 0.21 is a non-stable release, and 0.20.2 is the > >> current stable release version? > >> > >> Which release do you guys recommend I should start using (I'm brand new > to > >> the technology)? > >> > >> Thanks for your help, > >> Juan > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Harsh J > > > > > > -- > Harsh J >
