On 24 Sep 2014, at 18:37, Robert Metzger <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey guys, > > exactly 3 weeks ago, we discussed to do a feature freeze for the > 0.7-incubating release today. > > From our initial feature list: > - *Flink Streaming* "Beta Preview". I would suggest to ship the streaming, > but clearly mark it as a preview in the documentation. > -* Java API Pojo improvements*: Code generation, key selection using a > string-expression: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-1032 > - *Reworked Scala API*. Bring the Scala API in sync with the latest > developments in the Java API: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-641 > -* Akka-based RPC service*: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-1019 > - *Kryo-based serialization*. This feature has been requested by many > users. Mostly because they wanted to use Collections inside POJOs: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-610 > - Rework JobManager internals to support incremental program rollout & > execution > - First parts of dynamic memory assignments > > The following features are in the master, as of today: > - *Flink Streaming* > - *Reworked Scala API* > -* New Scheduler* > > We certainly need some days to test everything until we can start the vote. > Based on our experience with the last major release, I would really like to > do the testing and bugfixing BEFORE the first release candidate. For the > 0.6-incubating release, we had 6 candidates) > > How do you guys feel about this? Should we wait a few more days for the > release so that a few more features make it into the release? > > I'm undecided on this. On the one hand, its really nice to release on a > regular schedule, but it also eats up some time and causes overhead > (different branches etc.). > I would really like to have the Java API Pojo improvements in the release. > I think I can finish it until end of this week. > > Opinions? I agree that the finished features (especially the Scala API) are nice for a new release, but still I would like to wait a few more days. Some of the missing features are on the brink of being finished (e.g. the Pojo improvements). I wouldn't want to invest a week in bug fixing and doing the release vote, when the new features are likely to be finished just a few days afterwards. And the upcoming features will definitely be worth a release, so users can work with them. ;)
