Awesome.  Your prompt and detailed feedback is very much appreciated!

On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 12:47 PM, Joe Witt <joe.w...@gmail.com> wrote:

> mike - also to clarify based on what you brought up I updated the JIRA
> description as follows
>
> The following also would be true:
> 1) Apache NiFi 1.0.0 repositories should work just fine when applied
> to an Apache NiFi 1.1.0 installation.
>
> 2) Repositories made/updated in Apache NiFi 1.1.0 onward would not
> work in older Apache NiFi releases (such as 1.0.0)
>
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 12:33 PM, Joe Witt <joe.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Mike - yeah good catch and good question.  It does support the old
> > format.  We've always been pretty good about being diligent to allow
> > folks to upgrade and it honor existing state and in many cases
> > configurations and it would automatically port them over.  What has
> > always been far more problematic is 'rollback' where people ran on
> > newer configurations but could not then go back to old framework code.
> > That is what NIFI-2854 tackles at least as far as the
> > content/prov/flowfile repositories go.  Now, the code and
> > serialization is done in such a way that older version can simply
> > ignore what never versions encoded if they don't understand it but
> > they should be able to continue on.
> >
> > I just tried out a 1.0.0 flow with data queued up.  Upgraded to a
> > latest NiFi 1.1.0-SNAPSHOT.  Moved the repos over.  And it came up
> > perfectly with all the queue data ready to roll.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Joe
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 12:16 PM, Michael Moser <moser...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> After seeing "Repositories now support rollback" in the release notes
> and
> >> reading NIFI-2854 [1], I have a question.
> >>
> >> Are repositories created using NiFi 1.0.0 compatible with NiFi 1.1.0
> >> software?  This is the goal that the ticket seems to indicate with 1.1.0
> >> onward, but it's not clear whether 1.0.0 -> 1.1.0 is included.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> -- Mike
> >>
> >> [1] - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-2854
> >>
> >> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 12:08 PM, James Wing <jvw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Going through the tickets, it seems like quite a release.  A few more
> >>> things for your list:
> >>>
> >>> GenerateFlowFile updated to support literal/expression content and
> >>> attributes
> >>>
> >>> AWS-related:
> >>> * New processors PutCloudWatchMetric, PutKinesisStream
> >>> * Updated processors PutS3Object (content type, signer options), ListS3
> >>> (performance, versions)
> >>> * Added support for AWS assume role credentials with proxy
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> James
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 9:30 PM, Joe Witt <joe.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > matt
> >>> >
> >>> > i'll add a wiki page or set of instructions linked from the release
> >>> notes.
> >>> >
> >>> > all,
> >>> >
> >>> > walked through the 250 or so JIRAs in the 1.1.0 release and pulled
> out
> >>> > highlights.  The items noted are as follows.  Will likely reduce this
> >>> > down further for the release notes but wanted to put this out in case
> >>> > folks have things they think are really important to highlight.
> >>> >
> >>> > - Core Improvements:
> >>> >    - Performance: Session Migration
> >>> >    - Stability: Cluster Management
> >>> >    - Developer: Framework supports easy user driven classloader
> extension
> >>> >    - Expression Language: Now supports base64 and hex encoded values
> >>> > and Math functions
> >>> >    - Repositories now support rollback
> >>> >    - Faster startup due to more efficient state restoration algorithm
> >>> > - UX Improvements:
> >>> >    - Visual Backpressure Indicator
> >>> >    - Introduced more colors to better highlight actions and
> components
> >>> >    - Performance: Validate non-running components
> >>> >    - Provenance graph image can be exported
> >>> >    - Cron Scheduling for Primary node tasks now supported
> >>> > - Updated versions
> >>> >    - Azure Event Hub 0.9.0
> >>> >    - Spark 2.0.1
> >>> >    - Hadoop 2.7.x
> >>> > - New/Improved Processors
> >>> >    - new Fetch/Put Elastic Search 5.0
> >>> >    - new ParseCEF to parse CEF formatted logs
> >>> >    - improve ExtractEmail now supports TNEF files
> >>> >    - new Validate CSV
> >>> >    - improved Solr processors now support SSL and Kerberos
> >>> >    - new Websocket client and server processors
> >>> > - New Utility
> >>> >    - Zookeeper Migrator (move from one zookeeper to another)
> >>> > - Security
> >>> >    - Restricted Processors
> >>> >    - Site-to-site now supports port forwarding
> >>> >    - Improved Policy Management UX
> >>> > - Migration Notes:
> >>> >    - Restricted Processors
> >>> >    - Twitter Processor Removed
> >>> >
> >>> > On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 10:17 PM, Matt Burgess <mattyb...@apache.org
> >
> >>> > wrote:
> >>> > > Is there a good spot for us to put instructions on how to build the
> >>> > > Twitter processor and/or the Social Media NAR in the meantime?
> Maybe a
> >>> > > Wiki page or something simple to say "go to this directory, run
> this
> >>> > > Maven command, drop the NAR into your deployment..." ?
> >>> > >
> >>> > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 9:34 PM, Joe Witt <joe.w...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> > >> Team,
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> We appear to be very close.  Andy is working NIFI-3024 but
> otherwise
> >>> > >> it is focus on testing.
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> I'm going to prep the RC and release notes now.  Unfortunately the
> >>> > >> twitter changes for json.org will need to remain.  Consensus
> forming
> >>> > >> on the legal-discuss thread regarding a grace period has been
> elusive
> >>> > >> and we're already prepared to make the right steps so we'll just
> need
> >>> > >> to take that on by being empathetic to the user base.
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> Thanks
> >>> > >> Joe
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 7:37 AM, Andre <andre-li...@fucs.org>
> wrote:
> >>> > >>> Andy,
> >>> > >>>
> >>> > >>> Great to see NIFI-3050 implemented and certainly good news that
> NiFi
> >>> > 1.1.0
> >>> > >>> is set to include a number of security related improvements.
> >>> > >>>
> >>> > >>>
> >>> > >>>
> >>> > >>> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 2:38 PM, Andy LoPresto <
> alopre...@apache.org
> >>> >
> >>> > wrote:
> >>> > >>>
> >>> > >>>> Just updating this thread that NIFI-3050 [1] and NIFI-3051 [2]
> have
> >>> > been
> >>> > >>>> added to my plate for this release. Coordinated with Joe Witt
> and
> >>> they
> >>> > >>>> should both be included.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-3050
> >>> > >>>> [2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-3051
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Andy LoPresto
> >>> > >>>> alopre...@apache.org
> >>> > >>>> *alopresto.apa...@gmail.com <alopresto.apa...@gmail.com>*
> >>> > >>>> PGP Fingerprint: 70EC B3E5 98A6 5A3F D3C4  BACE 3C6E F65B 2F7D
> EF69
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> On Nov 16, 2016, at 12:08 PM, Joe Witt <joe.w...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Team
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> There is a thread on apache legal-discuss that might allow for a
> >>> > >>>> graceperiod of continued usage of the json library.  Am going to
> >>> keep
> >>> > >>>> a close eye on this and if VP Legal approves we'll be able to
> keep
> >>> the
> >>> > >>>> twitter processors in which is definitely a good thing.  Will
> advise
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Thanks
> >>> > >>>> Joe
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 10:37 AM, Bryan Bende <bbe...@gmail.com
> >
> >>> > wrote:
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> I've noticed an issue with the per-instance class loading
> capability
> >>> > >>>> introduced in NIFI-2909 where the additional classpath
> resources can
> >>> > get
> >>> > >>>> incorrectly removed from the class loader.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> I was able to reproduced this with a unit test and have a fix
> >>> ready. I
> >>> > >>>> believe this is important and needs to go in for the 1.1
> release,
> >>> > going to
> >>> > >>>> re-open NIFI-2909 and submit a PR shortly.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> -Bryan
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 8:11 AM, Matt Gilman <
> >>> matt.c.gil...@gmail.com
> >>> > >
> >>> > >>>> wrote:
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> I have two items that I would like to wrap up prior to creating
> an
> >>> RC
> >>> > for
> >>> > >>>> 1.1.0. NIFI-2949 addresses some UX issues around Remote Process
> >>> Group
> >>> > port
> >>> > >>>> configuration. The work is already completed and I will be
> reviewing
> >>> > it
> >>> > >>>> this today. Additionally, following recent interest on the
> mailing
> >>> > list,
> >>> > >>>> I'd like to knock out NIFI-3020. This will allow an admin to
> >>> > configure a
> >>> > >>>> strategy for user identity when logging in via LDAP.
> Specifically,
> >>> it
> >>> > will
> >>> > >>>> support usage of the DN (the default and current
> implementation) as
> >>> > well as
> >>> > >>>> the username the user logged in as. I should be able to have a
> PR up
> >>> > for
> >>> > >>>> this work later today.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Thanks!
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Matt
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-2949
> >>> > >>>> [2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-3020
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 8:00 PM, Joe Witt <joe.w...@gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> The code is within the twitter4j library itself.  I filed a
> request
> >>> to
> >>> > >>>> twitter4jg.  The most likely case is we will need to submit a
> PR to
> >>> > them.
> >>> > >>>> However, I don't see this as something that should delay the
> >>> > release.  We
> >>> > >>>> can provide instructions for folks wanting to use the processor
> >>> during
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> the
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> time we cannot make it available in a convenient manner.  I will
> >>> > provide
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> a
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> meaningful comment about this in release notes and pointers on
> what
> >>> > folks
> >>> > >>>> can do in the meantime.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> On Nov 15, 2016 7:41 PM, "Andy LoPresto" <alopre...@apache.org>
> >>> > wrote:
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> I understand there was a discussion thread within the NiFi
> community
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> for
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> this as well and I missed responding to that at that time. It
> just
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> seems
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> to
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> me like JSON processing is necessary for GetTwitter, which is
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> incredibly
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> useful for demonstrating NiFi’s ability to read from a high
> volume
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> stream
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> out of the box. With NIFI-3019 (Remove GetTwitter from default
> >>> build),
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> is
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> there any related effort to substitute an acceptable replacement
> >>> JSON
> >>> > >>>> library to restore this functionality?
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-3019
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Andy LoPresto
> >>> > >>>> alopre...@apache.org
> >>> > >>>> *alopresto.apa...@gmail.com <alopresto.apa...@gmail.com>*
> >>> > >>>> PGP Fingerprint: 70EC B3E5 98A6 5A3F D3C4  BACE 3C6E F65B 2F7D
> EF69
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> On Nov 15, 2016, at 4:36 PM, Andy LoPresto <
> alopre...@apache.org>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> wrote:
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> I’m working with Bryan Rosander to close out NIFI-3024,
> NIFI-2655,
> >>> and
> >>> > >>>> NIFI-2653. I believe Matt Burgess is working on NIFI-3011 and we
> >>> > >>>> investigated some alternate TLS config options for the new
> version
> >>> of
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> the
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> client library.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Is there any alternative to excluding the GetTwitter processor?
> >>> Using
> >>> > >>>> Johnzon [1] or the Android re-implementation [2] discussed in
> the
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> mailing
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> list thread?
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> [1] https://johnzon.apache.org/
> >>> > >>>> [2] https://developer.android.com/reference/org/json/package-
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> summary.html
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Andy LoPresto
> >>> > >>>> alopre...@apache.org
> >>> > >>>> *alopresto.apa...@gmail.com <alopresto.apa...@gmail.com>*
> >>> > >>>> PGP Fingerprint: 70EC B3E5 98A6 5A3F D3C4  BACE 3C6E F65B 2F7D
> EF69
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> On Nov 15, 2016, at 3:58 PM, Joe Witt <joe.w...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Team
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Very happy to see that we are down to three items remaining
> tagged
> >>> to
> >>> > >>>> 1.1.0.  Solid effort over the recent weeks to close the gap
> >>> including
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> work
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> to get past the now category x Jason dependency we had.  The
> most
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> notable
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> impact from that is the wildly popular GetTwitter processor,
> the fav
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> new
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> nifi user and demo processor, can no longer be included in the
> >>> default
> >>> > >>>> build.  It is optionally available if users choose to build and
> use
> >>> it
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> but
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> we won't distribute binaries that have it.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> I see some review movement on some patch available but untagged
> >>> items.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> I plan to kick off the 1.1.0 rc work soon. Perhaps Thurs or Fri.
> >>> > Anyone
> >>> > >>>> have any outstanding items?
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Thanks
> >>> > >>>> Joe
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> On Nov 8, 2016 2:12 PM, "Joe Witt" <joe.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Ryan
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Not officially but I think we should try to close this thing
> out and
> >>> > >>>> start a vote in the next week or two at most.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> I'm going through the tickets again now.  There is also a new
> issue
> >>> of
> >>> > >>>> the json-p license falling out of favor in Apache legal terms
> and
> >>> > >>>> becoming Category-X.  Am looking into that now.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Thanks
> >>> > >>>> Joe
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Ryan Ward <ryan.wa...@gmail.com
> >
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> wrote:
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Joe - Is there a target date for 1.1?
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Joe Witt <joe.w...@gmail.com>
> >>> > wrote:
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Team,
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Just an update on things with working toward an Apache NiFi
> 1.1.0
> >>> > >>>> release.  There are still about 33 JIRAs there now and some are
> >>> > >>>> awaiting review and are some are under active progress. Yet
> there is
> >>> > >>>> good traction and progress. I think we should just stay vigilant
> >>> with
> >>> > >>>> what makes it in and keep working it down.  So let's please
> shoot
> >>> for
> >>> > >>>> a couple weeks from now.  If it is ready sooner I'll jump on it.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Thanks
> >>> > >>>> Joe
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Joe Witt <joe.w...@gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Team,
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> There are 31 open JIRAs at present tagged to Apache NiFi 1.1.0.
> >>> Let's
> >>> > >>>> avoiding putting more in there for now at least without a
> >>> discussion.
> >>> > >>>> Of the 31 JIRAs there the vast majority need review so we
> should be
> >>> > >>>> able to close these down fairly quickly as long as we don't let
> the
> >>> > >>>> list grow.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Thanks
> >>> > >>>> joe
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 4:39 PM, Edgardo Vega <
> >>> edgardo.v...@gmail.com
> >>> > >
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> wrote:
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Joe,
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Appreciate the offer it isn't my PR. I was just using it as an
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> example.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> All
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> mine are currently closed, which I greatly appreciate.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Cheers,
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Edgardo
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> On Friday, October 14, 2016, Joe Witt <joe.w...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Edgardo,
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> You mentioned a PR from August. I'd be happy to help you work
> that
> >>> > >>>> through review.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Thanks
> >>> > >>>> Joe
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Edgardo Vega <
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> edgardo.v...@gmail.com
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> I have agreed that at this point a release is important. My goal
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> was
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> try
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> to
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> squeeze in a much goodness as possible into the release, but the
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> important
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> bug fixes should come first. Getting 1.x into a state where the
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> release
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> notes don't say that it is geared toward developers and testers
> is
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> really
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> huge.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> I think Nifi is a great community otherwise I would participate
> in
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> the
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> mailing list, create Jira tickets and pull requests. I am only
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> trying to
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> strengthen the great thing that is going on here. We can always
> do
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> better.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> I was not trying to put down this community only to participate
> and
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> make
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> it
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> better. I think this conversation is an indication of how great
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> this
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> community is.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Maybe I am being sensitive about this issue and trying to
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> strengthen
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> the
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> nifi community even more, after coming from a conference where
> it
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> was
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> reported there was lots of excitement at first and now the
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> participation
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> in
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> the community has really died down and they are struggling. I
> don't
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> want
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> to
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> see that happen here.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Cheers,
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Edgardo
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 9:37 AM, Andre <andre-li...@fucs.org
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Edgardo,
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Thank you for your feedback. We hear your comments and as a
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> committer I
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> can
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> share we are constantly looking to improve the PR process,
> having
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> already
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> taken many of the steps you suggest.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> However, it is important to notice that the number of PRs should
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> not be
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> seen as a metric of engagement by the development community:
> Most
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> of us
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> will submit PRs so that our work can be carefully reviewed by
> our
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> peers
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> and
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> some of us will use JIRA patches to provide contributions.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Having said that, it is true that some PRs may sit idle for a
> long
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> time
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> and
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> we are working to improve this pipeline.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> It was therefore no coincidence that I  browsed most of the PRs
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> performing
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> a triage of items that have been superseded or diverged from the
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> current
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> code base.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> In fact, less than a month ago the dev team closed a number of
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> stalled
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> and
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> superseded PRs (commit cc5e827aa1dfe2f376e9836380ba63
> c15269eea8).
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Despite all the above, I think Joe has a point. The master
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> contain a
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> series
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> of important bug fixes and suspect the community would benefit
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> from
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> a
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> release sooner rather than later.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Once again, thank you for your feedback and contribution. It is
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> good to
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> have you here.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Andre
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 11:30 PM, Edgardo Vega <
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> edgardo.v...@gmail.com
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> <javascript:;>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> wrote:
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Joe - You are correct I was mentioning the PRs that are
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> currently
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> open.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Regardless of how it happens reducing the count of open PRs I
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> believe
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> to
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> be
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> extremely important. Maybe I was hoping that the release could
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> be
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> a
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> forcing
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> function to make that happen. I believe that developers are more
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> willing
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> to
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> contribute when they see that their PRs will actually be able
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> accepted
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> and
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> merged into the code base. Having a low number of open PRs in
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> progress
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> is a
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> great indication that the main nifi developers are fully engaged
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> with
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> the
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> community.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> There are a few PRs that don't have any comments from committers
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> at
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> all.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> I
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> found one from August in that state. If that was my PR I don't
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> think I
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> would be so willing to put another one in anytime soon. I do get
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> that
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> sometime PRs get stalled by the originator, if so maybe a rule
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> about
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> closing them after a certain amount of time or being taken over
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> by a
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> core
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> contributor if they think it worthwhile.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> I would like to shoutout to James Wing on my last PR he was
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> quick
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> to
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> review, provided great comments, testing, and even some
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> additional
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> code.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> It
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> was a great PR experience.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Cheers,
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Edgardo
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 4:14 PM, Joe Percivall <
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> joeperciv...@yahoo.com <javascript:;>.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> invalid> wrote:
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Joe, I think you misread. Edgardo is referring to the Pull
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Requests
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> that
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> are currently open, not the tickets assigned to the 1.1.0
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> version.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> I think these goals (releasing 1.1.0 and cutting down the PR
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> count)
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> should
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> be two different efforts. Doing a thorough job reviewing
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> takes a
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> significant amount of time from both the reviewer and
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> contributor.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> In
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> order
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> to cut it down significantly would take much longer than a
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> couple
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> days.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Also there has already been a lot of great new features and
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> bug
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> fixes
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> contributed to the 1.X line and I don't think it's worth
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> holding up
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> a
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> 1.1.0
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> release for tickets not assigned to this fix version. As an
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> added
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> bonus
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> though, I think many of the tickets tagged as 1.1.0 have PRs
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> already
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> open
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> so closing those will make a large dent in the PR count.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Joe
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> - - - - - -
> >>> > >>>> Joseph Percivall
> >>> > >>>> linkedin.com/in/Percivall
> >>> > >>>> e: joeperciv...@yahoo.com <javascript:;>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> On Thursday, October 13, 2016 3:58 PM, Joe Witt <
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> joe.w...@gmail.com
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> <javascript:;>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> wrote:
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> There are less than 30 right now.  Many of the roughly 90+
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> JIRAs
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> opened on 1.1.0 were easily dispositioned to 1.2.0 or closed
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> or
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> just
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> had fix versions removed.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> We will need to have a push over the next bunch of days to
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> deal
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> with
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> reviewing/merging/moving the remaining items.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Thanks
> >>> > >>>> Joe
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 3:49 PM, Edgardo Vega <
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> edgardo.v...@gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> wrote:
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Joe,
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> There are 75 PRs currently open. Why not make a push over
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> the
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> next
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> bunch
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> of
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> days to get them closed and then cut the release after that.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Cheers,
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Edgardo
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 12:44 PM, Joe Witt <
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> joe.w...@gmail.com
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> <javascript:;>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> wrote:
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Team,
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> There have been a ton of bugs fixed a few nice features.  I
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> would
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> like
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> to move to get Apache NiFi 1.1.0 release going pretty much
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> based
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> on
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> where we are now and plan to move most tickets to a new
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Apache
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> NiFi
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> 1.2.0 version.  We can try to get back on our roughly 6-8
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> week
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> release
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> schedule and shoot for a mid to late Nov release for NiFi
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> 1.2.0
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> this
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> way as well. Please advise if anyone has any other views on
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> this. In
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> the mean time I'll get the wheels in motion so you'll be
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> seeing a
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> lot
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> of JIRA/issue updates to move version around.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Thanks
> >>> > >>>> Joe
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Tony Kurc <
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> trk...@gmail.com
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> <javascript:;>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> wrote:
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Sounds good Joe. I have no issue to you doing the rm'ing
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> for
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> it.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> On Oct 13, 2016 8:19 AM, "Joe Witt" <joe.w...@gmail.com
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Team,
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> There are a lot of great fixes and improvements on the
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> master
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> line
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> now
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> and we're at a good time window to start pushing for a
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> release.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> There
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> are, however, about 90+ JIRAs assigned to 1.1.0 which
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> are
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> open.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> I'm
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> going to go through them and remove fix versions where
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> appropriate.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> I'm happy to take on RM task for this release though if
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> someone
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> else
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> would like to take that on please advise.
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Thanks
> >>> > >>>> Joe
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> --
> >>> > >>>> Cheers,
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Edgardo
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> --
> >>> > >>>> Cheers,
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Edgardo
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> --
> >>> > >>>> Cheers,
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Edgardo
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> --
> >>> > >>>> Cheers,
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Edgardo
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>> Sent from Gmail Mobile
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> > >>>>
> >>> >
> >>>
>

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