This is an interesting idea from Sean. > On the Jackson thing, are folks opposed to compiling with the current older > version and then packaging the newer version? That would make sure we don't > start using 1.9 features in a way that would prevent downstream users from > downgrading to 1.8, which combined with a release note would address my > concerns.
I wonder if people have objections or concerns on this. Maybe cause confusion down the road, or in the pom or assembly? Looks like we are moving in the direction of relaxing a little, and upgrade Jackson in HBase 1.1. Jerry