Bharath Vissapragada created HBASE-24955: --------------------------------------------
Summary: Clarify patch upgrade compatibility guarantees Key: HBASE-24955 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-24955 Project: HBase Issue Type: Improvement Components: documentation Affects Versions: 3.0.0-alpha-1, 2.3.3, 1.7.0 Reporter: Bharath Vissapragada Per the [compatibility|https://hbase.apache.org/book.html#hbase.versioning] guidelines (specifically section "Client-Server wire protocol compatibility ") which says "We could only allow upgrading the server first. I.e. the server would be backward compatible to an old client, that way new APIs are OK." This gives an impression that it is fine to break API compatibility in patch upgrades and expect the users to upgrade server binaries first before upgrading clients. However, when considering a back-port of HBASE-24765, it was noted by [~zhangduo] and [~ndimiduk] that this compatibility shouldn't be broken. Seems like something that should be clarified in the docs. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)