Thanks Daniel, Olga! Keeping 3 versions would be nice. As for 'stable', can we revisit the definition? If it's *always* pointing to the latest release, I don't see the need for having this link(dir). Is it adding any value?
Koji On Oct 22, 2013, at 1:43 PM, Daniel Dai <da...@hortonworks.com> wrote: > That's totally make sense. Let's keep both download/documentation for 3 > versions. > > Thanks, > Daniel > > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Olga Natkovich <onatkov...@yahoo.com>wrote: > >> Couple of suggestions: >> >> (1) I think we are trying to go for a more frequent release model and in >> that case it would make sense to keep perhaps 3 releases. Based on our >> experience at Yahoo, Pig 10 is the really stable release. We recently found >> a couple of critical bugs in 11 for which we posted patches. Also the >> community knows that we delayed a couple of key bugs in 12 till 12.1 >> (2) Our documentation needs to be consistent with the number of releases >> we advertise as supported. Our docs currently go all the way to Pig 9. >> >> Olga >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 10:13 AM, Daniel Dai <da...@hortonworks.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi, Koji, >> Here is the criteria I use: >> (i) How do we determine how many releases to show on the front download >> page? >> We usually keep two most recent releases on the front page according to >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/PIG/HowToRelease. >> >> (ii) How do we determine which release is considered 'stable' ? >> Here "stable" means passing all tests, peer reviewed. It does not mean >> production "stable". Actually there is no way for us to know production >> "stable" after user download it, use it and gives feedback. That's why we >> will continue fixing bugs after major release. and make minor releases. >> >> Thanks, >> Daniel >> >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Koji Noguchi <knogu...@yahoo-inc.com >>> wrote: >> >>> >>> When I went to the pig release download page (through >>> http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/pig), I only saw 0.11.1 and 0.12 >>> available. >>> I later learned that there is an 'archive' link( >>> http://archive.apache.org/dist/pig/) that list other versions (0.8 to >>> 0.10). >>> >>> Two questions. >>> >>> (i) How do we determine how many releases to show on the front download >>> page? >>> >>> (ii) How do we determine which release is considered 'stable' ? >>> >>> I still consider the stable version to be 0.10.1 so I was surprised not >> to >>> see that available on the front download page >>> and even more surprised to see release 0.12 flagged as 'stable'. >>> >>> Koji >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE >> NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to >> which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, >> privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader >> of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that >> any printing, copying, dissemination, distribution, disclosure or >> forwarding of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have >> received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately >> and delete it from your system. Thank You. > > -- > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, > privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader > of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that > any printing, copying, dissemination, distribution, disclosure or > forwarding of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately > and delete it from your system. Thank You.
