Hi folks! I'd like us to move the stable pointer from 2.3.z releases to 2.4.6+ releases.
The last time we talked about doing so[1] there was a desire to get some documentation together on what we as a community expect from the "stable" release line. We have an issue tracking those needs[2], but AFAICT we haven't had sufficient community interest to get criteria together over the last 6 months. The 2.3 release line started in July 2020 and there is active discussion about declaring it EOL[3]. 2.4 releases have been going since Dec 2020 and there is attestation that 2.4 has been as or more stable than 2.3 in a testing environment[4]. Personally, I view the "stable" pointer as simply a way to say "if you are new to our community we'd like you to use this release." I personally think 2.4.z currently meets that standard and we need not block updating on something more rigorous. What do folks think? -busbey [1]: "[DISCUSS] Updating the 'stable' pointer to 2.4.2" : https://s.apache.org/6cz3t [2]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-25690 [3]: "[DISCUSS] EOL 2.3" : https://s.apache.org/pgkge [4]: Message on thread "[DISCUSS] EOL 2.3" https://s.apache.org/ks7wk
