Clear enough for me to understand. Thanks a lot, Harsh!
Peter On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 9:05 PM, Harsh J <ha...@cloudera.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Peter S <htims.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Harsh, > > > > Thanks a lot for the reply. Some questions are inline. > > > > On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 8:31 PM, Harsh J <ha...@cloudera.com> wrote: > > > >> Peter, > >> > >> (Inline) > >> > >> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 3:06 AM, Peter S <htims.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > I realize the version numbers are actually different branches, e.g. > >> > branch-0.21, branch-0.22, branch-0.23, and trunk. I am wondering which > >> > branch should I use and develop on? Which one is most stable? > >> > >> All new work is to go to trunk (presently numbered as 0.24). > > > > Then how about 1.0.*? It seems in the beta version. But why trunk number > > is still 0.24? > > 1.0 is a rename of the 0.20 line, its not > 0.21+. Other branches will > be renamed eventually, but the rename has not happened yet. Agree its > confusing, but perhaps the illustrations on > http://www.cloudera.com/blog/2012/01/an-update-on-apache-hadoop-1-0/ > and https://blogs.apache.org/bigtop/entry/all_you_wanted_to_know will > help you understand completely. > > >> The page at http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/HowToContribute goes over > >> setting up the trunk development workspace and should help you get > >> started. > >> > >> What do you mean by "most stable"? Do you ask in terms of build > stability? > >> > > I mean in production. From the release page: > > " > > 0.20.X - legacy stable version > > 0.20.203.X - current stable version > > 1.0.X - current beta version, 1.0 release > > 0.22.X - does not include security > > 0.23.X - current alpha version > > " > > I don't quite get this. Why 0.23.X is in alpha version, but 1.0.X is in > > beta version? And the 0.22.X doesn't include security. How does this > > release number work? > > > > For Cloudera version, will all the patches in CDH also in 1.0.X? > > I think my previous comment should cover these questions. Its a > chaotic series of numbers after the rename happened partially, but the > numbering will stabilize soon. > > Also, best to ask CDH specific questions over its active user forums > at https://groups.google.com/a/cloudera.org/group/cdh-user/topics > > >> > For hadoop common repo, which version should I use for a particular > hdfs > >> > version? > >> > >> Don't quite get this question. > >> > > Because common repo and hdfs repo is separate, is it possible to have > some > > incompatibility between the two. > > The project was all merged back recently, you only need to use the > hadoop-common repository: > > i.e. Use http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/common/trunk/ (or) > https://github.com/apache/hadoop-common / > http://git.apache.org/hadoop-common.git > > -- > Harsh J > Customer Ops. Engineer > Cloudera | http://tiny.cloudera.com/about >
