On Jun 14, 2011, at 5:48 PM, Eli Collins wrote:
> In short, an Apache Hadoop release with a backport of PMC approved
> code or critical security fix is not powered by Hadoop, it is Hadoop,
> while a new product that contains or runs atop Hadoop is powered by
> Hadoop.
>
> Reasonable?
I'd say: Security, yes. Features, no.
The reason I say this is because there have been many, many, many posts
in the -user mailing lists where people are confused as to what versions have
what features because their local branch has a back ported fix. [I think I run
out of fingers if I count how many times just the mapred.map.child.java.opts
was said to be "in 20" prior to the 0.20.203 release...]
This also adds pressure to do timely releases. :)
