Hi Attila, This is really great, +1 to the idea !
2017-05-30 23:40 GMT+08:00 Szabolcs Vasas <va...@cloudera.com>: > Hi Attila, > > Thank you for taking the initiative, big +1 to the idea! > > Regards, > Szabolcs > > On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 1:40 PM, Anna Szonyi <szo...@cloudera.com> wrote: > > > Hi Attila, > > > > This would be really great! Please let me know if I can help with > anything! > > > > Thanks, > > Anna > > > > On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 6:20 PM, Attila Szabó <mau...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > In the past few months we've mentioned it a few times that it would > make > > > sense to create a new release of Sqoop from the current trunk version > > > (1.4.7). > > > > > > IMHO this is the right time to move forward with this topic. > > > First of all because the latest release is 2 years old (1.4.6 was > > released > > > in 2015 May), and it would make a great impact for the end users to > > deliver > > > all of the changes we as a community have made since. > > > As a second argument, recently we were able to onboard quite a few new > > > contributor (including but not limited to Illya Yalovyy, Ying Cao, > Eric > > > Lin, Chris Teoh, Dmitry Zagorulkin), and as a recognition of their > work, > > > I'd like to ensure their commits gets into a release as soon as > possible. > > > Third: recently Anna, Bogi and Szabi were super active on the front of > > > stabilizing and improving the tests, the build system and so, however > > > according to my feelings the current status quo (waiting for a minor > > > version change with bigger changes) holding them back from more > > fundamental > > > improvements (I guess this is the reason why the Gradle/Maven new build > > > sytem is still in progress, and the conversation around feature > branches > > > started). I think it would make a great impact for the whole community > > and > > > the product itself, if we would be able to remove this burden from > their > > > shoulders, and thus they would be able to focus on bigger > > > changes/challenges. > > > > > > Because of the reasons mentioned above, on the top of my existing > duties, > > > I'd like to help the community's life by owning the 1.4.7 release > > process, > > > and starting the release with branching the trunk as of 2017-06-01 > (next > > > Friday) PST 8PM, and finishing the whole process latest by the end of > > June. > > > > > > Of course before starting even creating the related JIRA tasks, plans, > > the > > > branching, etc. I'd like to collect the inputs from all of you if this > > fits > > > your plan/requirements/etc. > > > > > > Looking forward hearing all of your thoughts, concerns, pros and cons. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > Attila Szabo > > > > > > > > > -- > Szabolcs Vasas > Software Engineer > <http://www.cloudera.com> >
