Hi Gour, Thanks for your reply. Given that 0.91 is out, will the next release be 1.0.0?
On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Gour Saha <gs...@hortonworks.com> wrote: > Hi Manoj, > It will be very difficult to provide any concrete timelines on the switch. > At best, it will be incorrect. > > However, for the user-community of classic Slider, we will continue to > support and cut releases (although the frequency will be reduced as you > have already started to see). As mentioned in the report below - "Slider > community plans to ship a release in the next quarter with all these > features and bug fixes.² > > -Gour > > On 11/2/16, 10:29 AM, "Manoj Samel" <manojsamelt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >Hi Gour, > > > >As user of slider (in production), it would be great to have some idea on > >timelines so to plan to switch from "classic slider" to hadoop branch. > >Given that hadoop version of branch itself will be not be a stable / > >battle tested and that "slider classic" development is slowing down (for > >right reasons) to move to yarn; the transition period is challenge for > >slider users. > > > >Not sure if this topic belongs to the apache report but wanted to raise as > >is important for user community > > > >Thanks, > > > >Manoj > > > >On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 9:49 AM, Gour Saha <gs...@hortonworks.com> wrote: > > > >> Josh, Billie, > >> Thank you for reviewing the draft. > >> > >> Billie, I will make the change as you suggested. Should I also > >>explicitly > >> mention that the funtests have not been moved yet and needs to be > >> converted to Java before we do so? > >> > >> -Gour > >> > >> On 11/2/16, 8:22 AM, "Billie Rinaldi" <billie.rina...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> >Thanks for the draft, Gour. This looks good. The only part I would > >>change > >> >is this: "As a result, portions like Slider Core, Application Master, > >> >Client and Tests had been rolled into Apache Hadoop YARN as > >>module(s)." It > >> >isn't clear whether it includes the funtests or not, and all the slider > >> >code is in a single module in YARN. I'd suggest "As a result, the > >>Slider > >> >Core module (including Application Master, Client and Java unit tests) > >>has > >> >been rolled into an Apache Hadoop YARN feature branch as a > >> >hadoop-yarn-slider-core module." > >> > > >> >On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 6:44 PM, Gour Saha <gs...@hortonworks.com> > >>wrote: > >> > > >> >> Please review and provide feedback on the draft below. > >> >> > >> >> ========================================================= > >> >> Slider > >> >> > >> >> Slider is a collection of tools and technologies to package, deploy, > >>and > >> >> manage long running applications on Apache Hadoop YARN clusters. > >> >> > >> >> Slider has been incubating since 2014-04-29. > >> >> > >> >> Three most important issues to address in the move towards > >>graduation: > >> >> > >> >> 1. Apache Slider community/PPMC has voted to move portions of Slider > >> >>into > >> >> Apache Hadoop YARN as modules. It is possible that the remaining > >> >>pieces > >> >> will be moved at a later point in time or become obsolete or > >>evolve > >> >>to > >> >> work closely with YARN. Slider PPMC will decide what makes the > >>most > >> >> sense as we progress through this exciting time. > >> >> 2. Getting more external users > >> >> 3. Growth of a diverse set of developers/committers/PMC members is > >>also > >> >> crucial towards the final state of Slider > >> >> > >> >> Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be > >> >>aware > >> >> of? > >> >> > >> >> No. > >> >> > >> >> How has the community developed since the last report? > >> >> > >> >> The Apache Hadoop YARN community/PMC and Apache Slider community/PPMC > >> >> had decided to move portions of Slider into YARN, to make fast and > >> >> significant > >> >> progress on: YARN-4692 - [Umbrella] Simplified and first-class > >>support > >> >>for > >> >> services in YARN. As a result, portions like Slider Core, Application > >> >> Master, > >> >> Client and Tests had been rolled into Apache Hadoop YARN as > >>module(s). > >> >> This effort is being captured in: YARN-5079 : Native YARN framework > >> >>layer > >> >> for services. All the migrations are happening in a branch (namely > >> >> yarn-native-services) created of off Hadoop trunk. As a result of > >>this, > >> >> we are already seeing interest in the Hadoop committers/PMC, who have > >> >> started to contribute and submit patches to Slider. > >> >> > >> >> In order to support existing users of Slider, and to provide seamless > >> >> migration, there will be sufficient overlap between the time when a > >> >>stable > >> >> state of long running services support is available in some future > >> >>version > >> >> of YARN and the time till an independent Slider release is available. > >> >>The > >> >> community/PPMC will also determine the future state of Slider as we > >> >> navigate through these changes. > >> >> > >> >> The discussions on the Slider and YARN community DLs can be viewed > >>here > >> >>- > >> >> > >> >> https://s.apache.org/0hoh > >> >> https://s.apache.org/MncV > >> >> > >> >> For the benefit of those who would like to use Slider Core from the > >> >> Hadoop codebase, but continue to use classic Slider Agent and legacy > >> >> app-packages, a new branch (yarn-native-services) has been created > >> >> in classic Slider repo. This branch retains only the Agent (python) > >>code > >> >> and the App Packages. It adds Slider Core module as a Hadoop > >> >> dependency. This allows users to consume the latest of Slider Core. > >> >> Future classic Slider releases can be made purely off of this branch. > >> >> > >> >> Additionally an effort is being made to create an agent-less provider > >> >>for > >> >> legacy app-packages, which could help users to completely migrate to > >> >> Hadoop codebase for creating long-running services with Slider. > >> >>Expectation > >> >> from app-package owners would be to make minor modification of their > >> >> packages. Primary changes would be to shed the dependency on python > >> >> Agent code, effectively making packages much simpler than what they > >> >> look like today in classic Slider. > >> >> > >> >> How has the project developed since the last report? > >> >> > >> >> There has been fewer bug fixes on the classic Slider side as most of > >> >> the focus has been on developing features on native YARN services in > >> >> the Hadoop codebase. Work continues on support for complex services > >> >> (assemblies) and agent-less applications in Slider. The efforts on > >> >>Slider > >> >> Core will continue in the new services branch created in YARN. Few > >> >> key features which were merged to classic Slider as well were - > >> >> SLIDER-875 - Ability to create an Uber application package with > >> >> capability to deploy and manage as a single business app, and > >> >> SLIDER-1107 - Generate app configuration files in AM. Several issues > >> >> identified by Coverity scans were resolved as well. Additionally few > >> >> patches were contributed by the community fixing functional and > >> >> performance issues. Slider community plans to ship a release in the > >> >> next quarter with all these features and bug fixes. > >> >> > >> >> Date of last release: > >> >> > >> >> 2016-06-28 slider-0.91.0-incubating > >> >> > >> >> When were the last committers or PMC members elected? > >> >> > >> >> 2015-07-07: Yu (Thomas) Liu > >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > >
