I like Nick's elucidation. +1 from me.
As 2.4 RM I've had good experiences with it in chaos testing and have found nothing that would not recommend it. On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 7:58 AM Nick Dimiduk <ndimi...@apache.org> wrote: > 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 > -- Best regards, Andrew Words like orphans lost among the crosstalk, meaning torn from truth's decrepit hands - A23, Crosstalk
