+1 with some variation Support next version, compared to one supported by the Apex main, of the Hadoop instead of the latest Hadoop. This makes moving the Apex main to next version of the Hadoop easy.
On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 10:33 AM Sanjay Pujare <[email protected]> wrote: > strong +1 (will be nice to have some dedicated resource to maintain this > branch) > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 8:59 AM, Munagala Ramanath <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > We've had a number of issues recently related to dependencies on old > > versions > > of various packages/libraries such as Hadoop itself, Google guava, > > HTTPClient, > > mbassador, etc. > > > > How about we create a "bleeding-edge" branch in both Core and Malhar > which > > will use the latest versions of these various dependencies, upgrade to > Java > > 8 so > > we can use the new Java features, etc. ? > > > > This will give us an opportunity to discover these sorts of problems > early > > and, > > when we are ready to pull the trigger for a major version, we have a > branch > > ready > > for merge with, hopefully, minimal additional effort. > > > > There will be no guarantees w.r.t. this branch so people using it use it > at > > their own > > risk. > > > > Ram > > >
