I'll be starting to work through the release process for 0.7.3 over the
next several days, under this [1] JIRA.

-- Mike

[1] - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-3824


On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 9:56 PM, Joe Witt <[email protected]> wrote:

> Mike
>
> You are certainly more than welcome to give the RM role a go and it is
> very appreciated particularly on 0.x where it isn't as easy to put
> attention/cycles.
>
> Thanks
> Joe
>
> On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 6:17 PM, Michael Moser <[email protected]> wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > I have started going through JIRA and identifying remaining issues
> against
> > the 0.x branch to prepare for a release, and I've worked a couple of the
> > JSON.org Cat-x license issues on that branch.
> >
> > I would like to volunteer to be release manager for a 0.7.3 release, if
> you
> > will let me try.  ;-)
> >
> > -- Mike
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 10:55 AM, Joe Skora <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Sorry for the confusion regarding 1.0.0-BETA vs 1.0.0, my bad.
> >>
> >> As for stability, I don't mean build and test stability but real world
> >> stability feedback that has led to various repository fixes including
> the
> >> 1.x line transition to the schema based provenance and newly refactored
> >> provenance repository.
> >>
> >> Again, apologies for the beta confusion.
> >>
> >> On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 10:24 AM, Joe Witt <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Joe
> >> >
> >> > 1.0.0 was not a beta release.
> >> >
> >> > 1.0.0-beta was a beta release.
> >> >
> >> > The intent of the language was we support the old major line for one
> year
> >> > once there is a major release.  It is of course imperative to respect
> >> that
> >> > folks cannot migrate as quickly as we would always like.  But this
> sort
> >> of
> >> > concern is precisely why we have such a document.
> >> >
> >> > I propose we clarify the language to clearly and simply state that
> once a
> >> > new major release line release has occurred we will support the old
> >> release
> >> > line for up to one year.   This does not distinguish between minor or
> >> > incremental.  There is already language for that.
> >> >
> >> > The stability comment is an unclear line to debate.  The act of voting
> >> on a
> >> > release is the point at which the community agrees and asserts the
> >> fitness
> >> > of a release.  We have no other open and clear mechanism for doing so.
> >> >
> >> > I think the question of whether an 0.8 can happen is no longer tied to
> >> the
> >> > recent portions of this thread.  It would need am RM and vote.
> >> >
> >> > As I mentioned the other day I'll go ahead and update the versioning
> >> > guidance barring any objection or alternative proposal.  I'll wait
> >> another
> >> > day or so in case you would like to propose alternative language for
> the
> >> > commitment we make as a community to our users and ourselves.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> > Joe
> >> >
> >> > On Feb 27, 2017 9:42 AM, "Joe Skora" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > I think there's a couple considerations related to continuing the
> 0.x
> >> > line.
> >> > >
> >> > > First, as JoeW mentioned the Release Line Management page [1] says
> we
> >> > > support a major release for one year, so we should plan to support
> >> 0.7.x
> >> > > for one year from its July 13, 2016 release date [2].
> >> > >
> >> > > Also, since we considered the 1.0.0 release a beta [3], the 0.x line
> >> was
> >> > > due any fixes, features, and enhancements through the release of
> 1.1.0
> >> on
> >> > > November 30th.  So the features and fixes through November 30th
> should
> >> be
> >> > > backported where possible and appropriate and after that any fixes
> >> > relating
> >> > > to security or data loss should be backported for the life of the
> 0.x
> >> > line.
> >> > >
> >> > > Next, I agree with JoeW that we don't want old lines to be a burden
> on
> >> > the
> >> > > community, but I suggest we consider the user base and how
> practical it
> >> > is
> >> > > to expect them to upgrade.  From 0.x to 1.x is a major transition,
> so I
> >> > > think we should give more time for that transition than we will
> might
> >> for
> >> > > 1.1 to 1.2.
> >> > >
> >> > > Finally, 0.x only recently became stable for my users in the last
> >> couple
> >> > of
> >> > > months, based on the 0.7.1 release with patches added for stability
> and
> >> > > corruption issues that is similar to Brandon's list of outstanding
> 0.x
> >> > > tickets.  Since the non-beta 1.1.0 release is less than 3 months old
> >> and
> >> > > the transition from 0.x to 1.x is so significant, regardless of our
> >> > release
> >> > > policy I would propose we carry on the 0.x line on until 1.x has
> >> settled
> >> > > and been shown to be similarly stable.
> >> > >
> >> > > Regards,
> >> > > Joe
> >> > >
> >> > > [1]
> >> > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NIFI/Git+
> >> > > Branching+and+Release+Line+Management
> >> > > [2]
> >> > > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/46678ade742887c624c14faf16d187
> >> > > e039827121e35d08f468c3cbfe@%3Cdev.nifi.apache.org%3E
> >> > > [3]
> >> > > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/91a4c272ddf2e80ec2fefd95c2a1df
> >> > > 6c37689f4290aba5bdb81afd35@%3Cusers.nifi.apache.org%3E
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 9:58 PM, Brandon DeVries <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > > Based on Jira, there are 20 tickets marked as fixed in 0.8.0 and
> >> > nowhere
> >> > > > else in the 0.x line[1].  Highlights from these include:
> >> > > >
> >> > > >    - NIFI-2890 - Provenance Repository corruption
> >> > > >    - NIFI-2920 - Swapped FlowFiles are not removed from content
> repo
> >> > > when a
> >> > > >    queue is emptied.
> >> > > >    - NIFI-3055 - StandardRecordWriter can throw
> >> UTFDataFormatException
> >> > > >    - NIFI-3424 - CLONE for 0.x - Unable to generate Provenance
> Event
> >> > > >    because FlowFile UUID is not set
> >> > > >    - NIFI-3230 - Get/Put JMS broken for simple ActiveMQ SSL URIs
> >> > > >    - NIFI-3403 - NPE in InvokeHTTP
> >> > > >    - NIFI-3362 - Update FlowConfiguration.xsd TimePeriod to match
> >> > > >    FormatUtils
> >> > > >    - NIFI-2861 - ControlRate should accept more than one flow file
> >> per
> >> > > >    execution
> >> > > >    - NIFI-3350 - Reduce NiFi startup time by streamlining
> >> documentation
> >> > > >    extraction
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Are we willing to port all of the tickets from [1] to the 0.7
> branch?
> >> > Or
> >> > > > rather, which of them would not make the cut?  There are a couple
> of
> >> > > things
> >> > > > on the list that seem like new features as opposed to pure bug
> >> fixes...
> >> > > > although I suppose the difference between a "bug fix" and an
> >> > > "improvement"
> >> > > > is somewhat in the eye of the beholder.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Ultimately, as long as there's a release covering these issues
> >> > > (everything
> >> > > > except the NIFI-2991[2] stuff) I don't particularly care what it's
> >> > > called.
> >> > > > If there are issues left out and I need to run a SNAPSHOT of some
> >> sort
> >> > to
> >> > > > get them, then a further 0.x release doesn't help me anyway, and
> I'll
> >> > > > withdraw my suggestion.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Brandon
> >> > > >
> >> > > > [1]
> >> > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%
> >> > > > 3D%20NIFI%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%200.8.0%20and%
> >> > > > 20fixVersion%20not%20in%20(0.2.1%2C%200.3.0%2C%200.4.0%2C0.
> >> > > > 4.1%2C0.5.0%2C0.5.1%2C0.6.0%2C%200.6.1%2C0.7.0%2C%200.7.1%
> >> > > > 2C%200.7.2%2C%200.7.3)%20ORDER%20BY%20due%20ASC%2C%
> >> > 20priority%20DESC%2C%
> >> > > > 20created%20ASC
> >> > > >
> >> > > > [2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-2991
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 7:49 PM Joe Witt <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > > The 0.8 fixes for licensing remove a processor (gettwitter) at
> this
> >> > > > point.
> >> > > > > That I feel requires at least minor.  But avoiding that for now
> and
> >> > > doing
> >> > > > > the bug fix things and doing 073 seems legit.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Will wait and see if anyone else has a different interpretation
> on
> >> > the
> >> > > > > intent of our one year version guidance and then update the
> wiki if
> >> > > > appears
> >> > > > > we have consensus.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Thanks
> >> > > > > Joe
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > On Feb 24, 2017 7:19 PM, "Andy LoPresto" <[email protected]>
> >> > wrote:
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > > Especially as nothing that would be going into the 0.x release
> >> is a
> >> > > > major
> >> > > > > > feature or changes compatibility (from my understanding), I
> would
> >> > +1
> >> > > > the
> >> > > > > > 0.7.3 suggestion.
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > Andy LoPresto
> >> > > > > > [email protected]
> >> > > > > > *[email protected] <[email protected]>*
> >> > > > > > PGP Fingerprint: 70EC B3E5 98A6 5A3F D3C4  BACE 3C6E F65B 2F7D
> >> EF69
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > On Feb 24, 2017, at 2:07 PM, Tony Kurc <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > I think it is probably worth clarifying the intent of the
> support
> >> > > > > language.
> >> > > > > > I believe the intent was to support 0.x for a year after 1.x
> was
> >> > > > > released.
> >> > > > > > That was how I initially read the document you mentioned. But
> >> > after a
> >> > > > > > re-read, I'd echo your concerns about dragging old major lines
> >> > along.
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > Tony
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 4:12 PM, Joe Witt <[email protected]
> >
> >> > > wrote:
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > Brandon,
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > My concern is the language used when we published this "We
> >> support
> >> > > the
> >> > > > > > newest major release line (0.x, 1.x) and any previous major
> >> release
> >> > > > > > lines for up to one year since the last minor release (0.6.x,
> >> > 1.5.y)
> >> > > > > > in that line" within this document [1].
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > If I read that now it seems like we're saying "if we make a
> minor
> >> > > > > > release we're going to support that for up to a year" and so
> each
> >> > > time
> >> > > > > > we create a new minor line on a given major line it means we
> are
> >> > > > > > resetting the clock.
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > I do not believe we should give old major lines, such as 0.x,
> the
> >> > > > > > ability to drag on the community indefinitely as that reads.
> I
> >> > > > > > believe it should be that we support a given major release
> line
> >> for
> >> > > up
> >> > > > > > to one year one after a new major release line is provided.
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > So would like to hear peoples thoughts on that.
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > If an 0.8 release is to occur the items called out are things
> >> which
> >> > > > > > impact licensing only (specifically the no longer allowed
> cat-x
> >> > json
> >> > > > > > library). I would be far more comfortable with 0.7.3 release
> >> which
> >> > > > > > would be fixing whatever bugs have been addressed.  That
> avoids
> >> the
> >> > > > > > concern I noted above for this case though i'd still like us
> to
> >> > > > > > clarify that language/intent anyway.
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > Thanks
> >> > > > > > Joe
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 3:21 PM, Brandon DeVries <[email protected]
> >
> >> > > wrote:
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > Team,
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > The only unresolved tickets against the 0.8.0 release[1] are
> for
> >> > the
> >> > > > > > removal of code...  With that in mind, does anyone object to
> >> trying
> >> > > to
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > push
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > for this (possibly final) 0.x release?
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > Brandon
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > [1]
> >> > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > 3D%20NIFI%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%200.8.0%20AND%
> >> > 20resolution%20%3D%
> >> > > > > > 20Unresolved%20ORDER%20BY%20due%20ASC%2C%20priority%
> >> > > > > > 20DESC%2C%20created%20ASC
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >>
>

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