Also +1 for doing a 2.8.0 release.
On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 2:29 PM, Henry Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 to releasing 2.8.0 - it's been a long time since 2.7.0 and a lot has > been done. > > I'd also like to release 2.7.1 in the near future, and will try to find > time to be the RM for that. > > On 4 January 2017 at 14:15, Jim Apple <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Oh, and a specific topic for discussion: >> >> Should we include the docs in the source tarball? My feeling is yes, >> but they are not really cleaned up yet, and so contain a lot of >> Cloudera-specific info. >> >> Pros of including the docs in the tarball: Users get a docs tarball >> from which they can build the hundreds of pages of usable >> documentation. >> >> Cons: 1. Confused users about who runs the project. (Correct answer: >> Apache Impala PPMC. Confused answer: Cloudera), 2. Possible failed >> IPMC release vote that slows down the release. >> > > I'd figure out a way to add a big caveat to the docs. Maybe on the landing > page? Even better if there's a template we can add a caveat to that appears > on every page. > > > >> >> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 2:09 PM, Jim Apple <[email protected]> wrote: >> > This is not a [VOTE] thread. Everyone is encourage to participate. >> > >> > I am volunteering to be a release manager for 2.8.0. I am provisionally >> testing >> > >> > https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=incubator-impala.git;a=tree;h= >> 4fa9270e647b9c097295dcc13d97136cca3139ad;hb=4fa9270e647b9c097295dcc13d9713 >> 6cca3139ad >> > >> > to branch from. >> > >> > Are there any objections to releasing 2.8.0 soon? Keep in mind this is >> > not your last chance to speak - there will be at least two votes one >> > for PPMC releasing and one for IPMC releasing. See >> > >> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/IMPALA/ >> DRAFT%3A+How+to+Release >>
