Hello Kudu developers! It's been just over three months since we released 1.7.1, and it's been almost six months since we released 1.7.0. In that time, we've accrued many important improvements and bug fixes (a whopping ~521 since Kudu 1.7.0!). Now seems like as good a time as any to start thinking about a Kudu 1.8.0 release, and I'm volunteering to RM it.
I'd like to propose we cut the branch for 1.8.x on Tuesday, *Oct. 2*, which gives us a bit over a week to prepare, and then we'll start a vote a couple of days after that. *What does this mean for you, *you ask? If this sound good to you all, please start thinking about and writing up release notes for notable changes that have landed in this release, and get them checked in before Oct. 2. If you're struggling to remember that far back, here's a command you can run to check out what you've been up to since Kudu 1.7.0's release: $ git log 472ae66565d9a8efdc81f16568249d7c4b108251..master --oneline --graph --no-merges --first-parent --author=<your email address> Please let me know if you agree with this plan, have comments, questions, concerns, etc. Thanks! Andrew
