Let's change that table to positive statements. Production, supported,
recommended, tested. WDYT?
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018, 8:12 AM Josh Elser <els...@apache.org> wrote:
> Mich T had cross-posted a question to users@{hbase,phoenix} the only
> day. After some more information, we were able to find out that Mich was
> trying to use Hadoop 3.1 with HBase 1.2.6
>
> After pointing Mich to the compatibility table[1], I was about to puff
> out my chest and say "look! this table could've told you that HBase
> 1.2.6 wouldn't work with Hadoop 3.x!"
>
> But, then I realized that we don't have a single entry for HBase that
> implies it would even work for Hadoop 3. We presently have the following:
>
> "S" = supported
> "X" = not supported
> "NT" = Not tested
>
> I propose that would should add another "value" for cells in the table
> to better represent "Works, but not battle-tested" or similar. That
> would make possible values:
>
> "S" = supported
> "NP" = not production ready
> "X" = not supported
> "NT" = not tested
>
> Furthermore, the word "supported" drives me up a wall (as I think it
> implies the wrong mindset for an open source community), and I would
> rather see "functional". e.g.
>
> "F" = Fully functional, production ready
> "NP" = Functional, but not production ready/has known issues
> "X" = Not functional, lacking basic ability
> "NT" = Not tested, functionality is unknown
>
> Thoughts? Things that I've missed?
>
> - Josh
>
> [1] http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#hadoop
>
