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On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 2:03 PM, Sean Busbey <bus...@cloudera.com> wrote: > Hurm. It's meant to mean that it has ceased. How's this for a rephrasing: > > > While some work on the 1.4 line has occurred since the 1.4.5 release, the > PMC does not intend to release it and no further development is planned at > this time. Users interested in the preserved unreleased work or in making > new contributions for issues in the 1.4 line should become involved in the > developer mailing list for details on how they can proceed[5]. > > > > > On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Alex Moundalexis <al...@clouderagovt.com > >wrote: > > > The last paragraph, is it: > > > > a) an instruction to work on the 1.4 line? > > b) saying that work on the 1.4 line will cease? > > > > On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Sean Busbey <busbey+li...@cloudera.com > > >wrote: > > > > > Presented for feedback / discussion: draft ANNOUNCE message for the > > > user@accumulo list. > > > > > > I think the Apache release rules prevent me including language like > > "here's > > > where you can get the unreleased work to date" or "you should download > > > patches from jira and apply them" > > > > > > ---------- > > > > > > Accumulo users, > > > > > > Recently the Accumulo community has voted to end support for the 1.4 > line > > > of development[1]. > > > > > > For users, the practical implications are: > > > > > > 1) The Accumulo PMC does not plan to make further releases on the 1.4 > > line > > > and strongly encourages users to upgrade to a supported release[2]. > > > > > > 2) Download links for the 1.4 releases are now expected to only be > > > available from the archive[3]. > > > > > > 3) Open tickets will no longer accept target fixes for the 1.4.x > series. > > > > > > 4) Documentation specific to the 1.4 line has been moved to an "old > > > documentation" page[4]. > > > > > > Users should still file tickets against existing 1.4 releases for > issues > > > that arise but are strongly encouraged to verify if the problem also > > > applies to a supported release. > > > > > > Work on the 1.4 line since the 1.4.5 release has been preserved but the > > PMC > > > does not intend to release it. Those interested in contributions that > > apply > > > to problems in the 1.4 line post end-of-life should become involved in > > the > > > developer mailing list for further details[5]. > > > > > > -Sean > > > > > > [1]: http://s.apache.org/accumulo_1.4_end_of_development_vote_result > > > [2]: http://accumulo.apache.org/downloads/ > > > [3]: https://archive.apache.org/dist/accumulo/ > > > [4]: http://accumulo.apache.org/old_documentation.html > > > [5]: http://accumulo.apache.org/mailing_list.html > > > > > > > > > -- > Sean >