Thanks for your efforts Andrew. +1 on EOL of 0.98. On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Josh Elser <[email protected]> wrote:
> Big +1 to your efforts, Andrew, and an EOL on 0.98 > > > Ted Yu wrote: > >> Kudos to Andrew. >> >> On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 11:26 AM, Enis Söztutar<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thanks Andrew for carrying this. >>> >>> +1 on the EOL messaging. >>> >>> Enis >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Mikhail Antonov<[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Yeah - thank you for all hard work and time investment on reviews, >>>> cherry-picking, backporting and testing Andrew! >>>> >>>> +1 to retire 0.98. >>>> >>>> -Mikhail >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 10:28 AM, Sean Busbey<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks for all the hard work around 0.98 Andrew! >>>>> >>>>> I'm +1 on retiring 0.98, but I think we should solicit feedback from >>>>> user@hbase before making a decision. >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 6:51 PM, Andrew Purtell<[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> HBasers, >>>>>> >>>>>> Happy new year! >>>>>> >>>>>> The 0.98 branch has had a great run at a fairly constant release >>>>>> >>>>> cadence, >>>> >>>>> producing 24 releases in all. >>>>>> >>>>>> I served as the branch RM for 98 for all of that time, and now I feel >>>>>> >>>>> the >>>> >>>>> time has come to move on to work with more recent code. Therefore >>>>>> >>>>> please >>>> >>>>> consider this my resignation as such (it's an informal position after >>>>>> >>>>> all >>>> >>>>> (smile)) from the role of branch 98 RM. >>>>>> >>>>>> It will be up to the PMC to decide what to do about 98 going forward. >>>>>> >>>>> My >>>> >>>>> recommendation is to put out the message that 98 branch has been end >>>>>> >>>>> of >>> >>>> lifed (EOL). There is no reason someone else couldn't don the RM hat >>>>>> >>>>> and >>>> >>>>> put out an additional 98 release, for example, in order to deal with >>>>>> >>>>> a >>> >>>> critical fix for something we just can't abide shipping as the last >>>>>> >>>>> release >>>>> >>>>>> of anything. That person might even be me. However, without a >>>>>> >>>>> dedicated >>> >>>> shepard the management of the 98 branch is pretty difficult these >>>>>> >>>>> days. >>> >>>> It >>>>> >>>>>> requires Java 6 to build, which requires a hack to its security >>>>>> >>>>> classes >>> >>>> to >>>>> >>>>>> communicate with modern SSL servers like repository.apache.org, and >>>>>> mandates Hadoop 1 compatibility, which can lead to tricky problems >>>>>> >>>>> found >>>> >>>>> only at release time. Backports are rarely clean. Assume 30 minutes >>>>>> >>>>> to >>> >>>> 2 >>>> >>>>> hours work for each attempt at a backport, including time for tests >>>>>> >>>>> to >>> >>>> complete. Maintaining and releasing 98 branch will be a time >>>>>> >>>>> commitment. >>>> >>>>> FWIW. All that said if someone else would like to step up into the 98 >>>>>> >>>>> RM >>>> >>>>> role, then we don't need to consider calling it EOL. However, as I've >>>>>> >>>>> said, >>>>> >>>>>> that is my humble recommendation to the PMC. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Best regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> - Andy >>>>>> >>>>>> If you are given a choice, you believe you have acted freely. - >>>>>> >>>>> Raymond >>> >>>> Teller (via Peter Watts) >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Thanks, >>>> Michael Antonov >>>> >>>> >>
