+1 for the 'first cut' and Jarcec as Release Manager. Thanks, Abhijeet On 5 Dec 2012 15:43, "Alexander Alten-Lorenz" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Jarcec, > > Thanks for the explanation, make sense. Agree fully and +1 for a release. > > Thanks, > Alex > > On Dec 2, 2012, at 5:46 PM, Jarek Jarcec Cecho <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Alex, > > I had several reasons when I've suggested this approach. Firstly, for > versions like 2.0.0-alpha I would expect to get 2.0.0 (without -alpha) soon > and without major changes. This won't be case for Sqoop as we might need to > do major, backward compatibility changes - it's undesirable to introduce > backward incompatible between minor revisions. We also most likely will > release several version before leaving alpha state, which might cause > issues to see what is and what is not considered stable. Also this first > cut is very far from something that might be called Sqoop 2, it contain > just very basic set of functionality without several most important goals > of Sqoop 2. However I'm aware that Hadoop is following this path [1]. > > > > Please note that I did not invented this idea. For example KDE project > [2] is using very similar approach for quite some time by now as you can > see on their archive [3]. Versions like 4.8.90 or 4.8.95 are "pre-releases" > for 4.9. Another example would be Ubuntu one client [4]. I would recommend > taking a look on my original proposal as it contains all the information > [5]. > > > > Links: > > 1 :http://mirror.nexcess.net/apache/hadoop/common/hadoop-2.0.1-alpha/ > > 2: http://kde.org/ > > 3: http://download.kde.org/unstable/ > > 4: https://launchpad.net/ubuntuone-client/stable-4-0 > > 5: http://markmail.org/message/5jygqqy3oryxqdib > > > > On Sun, Dec 02, 2012 at 03:43:38PM +0100, Alexander Alten-Lorenz wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> great. > >> Why not not use a 2.0.0.alpha version or something like that? The could > be 2.1.x the first stable release. 1.99 could cause some irritation in > future dialogs (1.xx vs. 2.xx). > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Alex > >> > >> On Dec 2, 2012, at 2:17 AM, Jarek Jarcec Cecho <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Sqoop fellow developers, > >>> it seems that basic import and export functionality in Sqoop 2 will be > very soon covered. Having said that I would like to propose doing "first > cut" release of Sqoop 2. My motivation to provide early bits is to get > feedback from actual users as soon as possible, so that we can incorporate > good ideas before it will become too expensive. > >>> > >>> As we've discussed in the past [1] - I would like to propose version > number 1.99.1. I believe that this version number implies that it's very > far from current stable 1.4 version and very very near to 2.0, but it's not > 2.0 yet. I would also like to volunteer to be the release manager for this > first cut of Sqoop 2 branch. > >>> > >>> I'm happy to hear other's thoughts! > >>> > >>> Jarcec > >>> > >>> Links: > >>> 1: http://markmail.org/message/5jygqqy3oryxqdib > >> > >> -- > >> Alexander Alten-Lorenz > >> http://mapredit.blogspot.com > >> German Hadoop LinkedIn Group: http://goo.gl/N8pCF > >> > > -- > Alexander Alten-Lorenz > http://mapredit.blogspot.com > German Hadoop LinkedIn Group: http://goo.gl/N8pCF > >
