Hmm... I see. This thread is probably about PHOENIX-6359, so the change was HBASE-25249.
The methods moved from HStore to StoreUtils can be added back to HStore as compatibility methods in branch-2.4. Is there more? On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 1:34 PM Andrew Purtell <apurt...@apache.org> wrote: > > While supporting a new HBase patch release version (e.g 2.4.1), if it > turns out to be incompatible with existing HBase minor release profile (e.g > profile 2.4), we might have to consider some extra steps. > > What happened? If we broke something in a public or limited private > interface between 2.4.0 and 2.4.1, we can fix it, and you'll be good again > in 2.4.2 and forward. You could blacklist 2.4.1 in your build of the 2.4 > compat module using the enforcer plugin if you like. > > If the break was a private interface, but it is a simple issue, like > removal of a constant field, or removal of a method that's easy to put back > for sake of compatibility, we can probably just put it back. By 'probably' > I mean I would not be opposed to it but there's always the chance that > someone would object. > > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 4:07 AM Viraj Jasani <vjas...@apache.org> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> While supporting a new HBase patch release version (e.g 2.4.1), if it >> turns >> out to be incompatible with existing HBase minor release profile (e.g >> profile 2.4), we might have to consider some extra steps. >> >> Proposals: >> 1. Add a new profile for each compat module >> 2. Profile with HBase minor version always support latest supported HBase >> compat module and HBase patch release (e.g in our case, profile 2.4 uses >> compat-module 2.4.1, and profile 2.4.0 uses compat module 2.4.0) >> 3. We run jenkins tests only for latest minor release profiles (e.g with >> profiles 2.4 and 2.4.0 in place, we run tests for profile 2.4 only, which >> points to latest version 2.4.1) >> >> HBase profile to build compatibility examples: >> >> *Profile for HBase minor version:* >> 2.1 (supports all 2.1.x releases), >> 2.3 (supports all 2.3.x releases), >> 2.4 (if we have profile 2.4.0, 2.4 profile supports 2.4.1+ releases and >> not >> 2.4.0) >> >> *Profile for HBase patch version:* >> 2.4.0 (supports only 2.4.0 release) >> >> Thoughts? >> > > > -- > Best regards, > Andrew > > Words like orphans lost among the crosstalk, meaning torn from truth's > decrepit hands > - A23, Crosstalk > -- Best regards, Andrew Words like orphans lost among the crosstalk, meaning torn from truth's decrepit hands - A23, Crosstalk
