On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 1:16 PM Sean Busbey <bus...@apache.org> wrote:
> > 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. > Sean -- At first I bristled at your definition of the stable pointer but I've come around to really like it. For me, the stable pointer had been "what version the community says is production-ready." However, "production-ready" can vary quite a lot based on one's priorities, and quickly lands us in the need to define and maintain a list of criteria. Worse, it puts the HBase community in a position of taking responsibility for other peoples' production environments, which is absurd. Your definition is more subjective, more focused on onboarding of new users, and -- importantly -- much more manageable from the community perspective. +1 on resolving HBASE-25690 to use a definition of "stable" pointer based on Sean's definition. +1 on moving and maintaining the "stable" pointer to the latest 2.4 release. Thanks, Nick
