No, we'll still need a -hadoop1 and -hadoop2 munged build of 0.98. I'm only suggesting removing support for version 1.0. Other version 1.x would remain active in the compatibility list.
On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Konstantin Boudnik <[email protected]> wrote: > Absolutely makes sense! it will make a lot of things easier, really. The > infamous need for classifiers will finally go away! > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 10:56AM, Andrew Purtell wrote: > > Hadoop 1.0 is an ancient, and I believe dead, version that certainly > nobody > > should use today. We have a chronic problem on the 0.98 branch with > changes > > tested on only Hadoop 2 later are found to break builds against Hadoop 1, > > since only 0.94 and 0.98 still support Hadoop 1.x. See > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-12397 as an example. This > issue > > also illustrates that dropping support for 1.0 while retaining support > for > > 1.1 and later versions of Hadoop 1.x can reduce cross-version > compatibility > > complexity for at least the API involved in that issue, and certainly > > others. This in my opinion is a good thing. > > > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > > > - Andy > > > > Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet Hein > > (via Tom White) > -- Best regards, - Andy Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet Hein (via Tom White)
