yes alphas please. Do we want to talk about expectations on time between alpha releases? What kind of criteria for beta or GA?
a *lot* has changed in the 2.0 codebase. On Sat, Oct 6, 2018 at 11:45 AM Ed Coleman <d...@etcoleman.com> wrote: > > +1 > > In addition to the reasons stated by Christopher, I think that it also > provides a clearer signal to earlier adopters that the public API *may* > change before the formal release. With a formal release candidate, I > interpret that it signals that only bug-fixes would occur up and until the > formal release. > > With the length of time that we take between minor and patch releases, the > even longer time that it takes the customer base to upgrade and development > cost that we have supporting multiple branches, taking some extra time now to > solicit feedback seems prudent. While the specifics and implications of > semver are clear, sometimes it seems that there is additional weight and > additional perceived risk when changing major versions, an alpha version > preserves our flexibility while still moving forward. > > Ed Coleman > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher [mailto:ctubb...@apache.org] > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2018 12:28 AM > To: accumulo-dev <dev@accumulo.apache.org> > Subject: [DISCUSS] 2.0.0-alpha? > > Hi Accumulo devs, > > I'm thinking about initiating a vote next week for a 2.0.0-alpha release, so > we can have an official ASF release (albeit without the usual stability > expectations as a normal release) to be available for the upcoming Accumulo > Summit. > > An alpha version would signal our progress towards 2.0.0 final, serve as a > basis for testing, and give us something to share with a wider audience to > solicit feedback on the API, configuration, and module changes. Of course, it > would still have to meet ASF release requirements... like licensing and > stuff, and it should essentially work (so people can actually run tests), but > in an alpha release, we could tolerate flaws we wouldn't in a final release. > > Ideally, I would have preferred a 2.0.0 final at this point in the year, but > I think it needs more testing. > > Does an alpha release next week seem reasonable to you? > > Christopher > -- busbey
