Thank you guys for your feedback, I greatly appreciate that. I'll start working on the release then!
Jarcec On Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 10:10:24AM -0800, Hari Shreedharan wrote: > +1 on the release and the RM. > > -- > Hari Shreedharan > > > On Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 9:28 AM, abhijeet gaikwad wrote: > > > +1 for the 'first cut' and Jarcec as Release Manager. > > > > Thanks, > > Abhijeet > > On 5 Dec 2012 15:43, "Alexander Alten-Lorenz" <[email protected] > > (mailto:[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] > > > (mailto:[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] > > > > > (mailto:[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 > > > > > > > > > > >
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