Got it, thanks for the correction. JVS
On Feb 3, 2011, at 4:56 PM, Alex Boisvert wrote: > Hi John, > > Just to clarify where I was going with my line of questioning. There's no > Apache policy that prevents dependencies on incubator project, whether it's > releases, snapshots or even home-made hacked-together packaging of an > incubator project. It's been done before and as long as the incubator > code's IP has been cleared and the packaging isn't represented as an official > release if it isn't so, there's no wrong in doing that. > > Now, whether the project choses to use and release with an incubator > dependency is a matter of judgment (and ultimately a vote by committers if > there is no consensus). I just wanted to make sure there were no incorrect > assumptions made. > > alex > > > On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 4:07 PM, John Sichi <jsi...@fb.com> wrote: > I was going off of what I read in HADOOP-3676 (which lacks a reference as > well). But I guess if a release can be made from the incubator, then it's > not a blocker. > > JVS > > On Feb 3, 2011, at 3:29 PM, Alex Boisvert wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 11:38 AM, John Sichi <jsi...@fb.com> wrote: > > Besides the fact that the refactoring required is significant, I don't > > think this is possible to do quickly since: > > > > 1) Hive (unlike Pig) requires a metastore > > > > 2) Hive releases can't depend on an incubator project > > > > I'm not sure what you mean by "can't depend on an incubator project" here. > > AFAIK, there is no policy at Apache that projects should not depend on > > incubator projects. Can you clarify what you mean and why you think such a > > restriction exists? > > > > alex > > > >
