LGTM. Bankim
On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 10:48 AM Grant Henke <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Kudu Developers, > > As we approach the 1.12.0 release I think now is a good opportunity to > evaluate the platform versions > we support. Doing so before the 1.12.0 release is useful because it will > allow us to mark any OS we > intend to drop as deprecated. This is similar to how we have handled Java > version support in the past. > > The primary goal of dropping older OS versions is to remove OS versions > that are nearing EOL and > to bump the minimum required gcc version allowing the use of C++ 14 > features. However, some > additional benefits include: > > - Updating the list of OS versions we test and support (including newer > OS versions) > - Aligning more closely with Impala given they are the main consumer of > the C++ client (thread > < > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r19b95826b59486d61c1f8f5c1edd93adb8ec9925f66ff42c0c103d66%40%3Cdev.impala.apache.org%3E > > > ) > - Allow the use of Abseil <https://abseil.io/> which various Kudu > contributors have suggested bringing into Kudu > - A first step towards supporting C++17 > > With that said I propose we mark the following OS versions as deprecated in > the 1.12.0 release > and consider dropping them in the next minor release: > > - CentOS/RHEL 6 - EOL November 30, 2020 > < > https://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General#What_is_the_support_.27.27end_of_life.27.27_for_each_CentOS_release.3F > > > - Debian 8 - EOL June 30, 2020 <https://wiki.debian.org/LTS> > - Ubuntu 14 - EOL April 30, 2020 <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases> > > This means that our minimum gcc version could be 5.3+ and the list of > supported OS versions would be: > > - CentOS 6 (deprecated) > - CentOS 7 (with devtoolset gcc) > - CentOS 8 > - RHEL 6 (deprecated) > - RHEL 7 (with devtoolset gcc) > - RHEL 8 > - Ubuntu 14.04 (deprecated) > - Ubuntu 16.04 > - Ubuntu 18.04 > - Debian 8 (deprecated) > - Debian 9 > - SLES 12 (with toolchain gcc) > > Please provide your feedback, suggestions, or agreement on this proposal. > > Thank you, > Grant >
