Thanks Vinod. Not labeling 2.8.0 stable sounds perfectly reasonable to me. Let us not call it alpha or beta though, it is quite confusing. :)
On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 8:17 PM, Gangumalla, Uma <uma.ganguma...@intel.com> wrote: > Thanks Vinod. +1 for 2.8 release start. > > Regards, > Uma > > On 2/3/16, 3:53 PM, "Vinod Kumar Vavilapalli" <vino...@apache.org> wrote: > > >Seems like all the features listed in the Roadmap wiki are in. I¹m going > >to try cutting an RC this weekend for a first/non-stable release off of > >branch-2.8. > > > >Let me know if anyone has any objections/concerns. > > > >Thanks > >+Vinod > > > >> On Nov 25, 2015, at 5:59 PM, Vinod Kumar Vavilapalli > >><vino...@apache.org> wrote: > >> > >> Branch-2.8 is created. > >> > >> As mentioned before, the goal on branch-2.8 is to put improvements / > >>fixes to existing features with a goal of converging on an alpha release > >>soon. > >> > >> Thanks > >> +Vinod > >> > >> > >>> On Nov 25, 2015, at 5:30 PM, Vinod Kumar Vavilapalli > >>><vino...@apache.org> wrote: > >>> > >>> Forking threads now in order to track all things related to the > >>>release. > >>> > >>> Creating the branch now. > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> +Vinod > >>> > >>> > >>>> On Nov 25, 2015, at 11:37 AM, Vinod Kumar Vavilapalli > >>>><vino...@apache.org> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I think we¹ve converged at a high level w.r.t 2.8. And as I just sent > >>>>out an email, I updated the Roadmap wiki reflecting the same: > >>>>https://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Roadmap > >>>><https://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Roadmap> > >>>> > >>>> I plan to create a 2.8 branch EOD today. > >>>> > >>>> The goal for all of us should be to restrict improvements & fixes to > >>>>only (a) the feature-set documented under 2.8 in the RoadMap wiki and > >>>>(b) other minor features that are already in 2.8. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks > >>>> +Vinod > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> On Nov 11, 2015, at 12:13 PM, Vinod Kumar Vavilapalli > >>>>><vino...@hortonworks.com <mailto:vino...@hortonworks.com>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> - Cut a branch about two weeks from now > >>>>> - Do an RC mid next month (leaving ~4weeks since branch-cut) > >>>>> - As with 2.7.x series, the first release will still be called as > >>>>>early / alpha release in the interest of > >>>>> ‹ gaining downstream adoption > >>>>> ‹ wider testing, > >>>>> ‹ yet reserving our right to fix any inadvertent incompatibilities > >>>>>introduced. > >>>> > >>> > >> > > > >
