+1 Thanks for proposing this Grant!
I share Bankim's thoughts on Ubuntu 16, given it's not quite EOL yet, but I'll echo his curiosity to hear from anyone on that OS (or any others listed) that can't upgrade OSes but want to be on the latest version of Kudu. On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 10:00 AM Bankim Bhavsar <ban...@cloudera.com> wrote: > It'd be good to post this on the Kudu Slack channel as well. > > > - Drop Ubuntu 16 (Xenial) - EOL April 30th, 2021 > > Only concern will be dropping support for Ubuntu 16. So I would be > interested in hearing from any Kudu users running on Ubuntu 16 if they are > waiting for new features in Kudu but can't upgrade host operating systems > in near future. > > Rest looks good to me and can't wait to start using the new C++ features > this will unlock. > > Thanks, > -Bankim. > > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 1:00 PM Grant Henke <granthe...@apache.org> wrote: > >> Hello Kudu developers and users! >> >> The purpose of this email is to propose and collect feedback on changes to >> the documented "Operating System Requirements" >> on https://kudu.apache.org/docs/installation.html for the next Kudu >> release >> (1.14.0). >> >> There are a few goals to updating the documented operating system >> requirements. Below is each goal and the suggested changes: >> >> 1. Drop operating systems that are at or near EOL >> - Drop CentOS 6/RHEL 6 - EOL November 30th, 2020 >> - Drop Ubuntu 14 (Trusty) - EOL April 30, 2019 >> - Drop Ubuntu 16 (Xenial) - EOL April 30th, 2021 >> - Note: The next Apache Kudu release would likely be early 2021 >> - Drop Debian 8 (Jessie) - EOL June 30, 2020 >> - A deprecation was noted for some all but Ubuntu 16 in the Kudu >> 1.12.0 release notes: >> >> https://kudu.apache.org/releases/1.12.0/docs/release_notes.html#rn_1.12.0_obsoletions >> - We can and will still accept patches for fixes, but shouldn't >> document/promise support. >> 2. Drop operating systems that are not well tested by the community >> - Drop SLES 12 >> - Drop OS X 10.10 Yosemite, OS X 10.11 El Capitan, macOS Sierra >> - We can and will still accept patches for fixes, but shouldn't >> document/promise support. >> 3. Add new operating system versions >> - Add Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal) >> - Add macOS 10.14 (Mojave), macOS 10.15 (Catalina), macOS 11 (Big >> Sur) >> 4. Continued Innovation/Improvements >> - Bump C++ language level to C++17 (gcc 7) >> - Similar to CentOS/RHEL 6 current;y, devtoolset-7 will be used >> on >> Centos/RHEL 7 get gcc 7.3 >> - This is aligned with the Apache Impala community requirements >> - Upgrade dependencies the required C++14 and higher >> - Introduce new dependencies that require or benefit from C++14 and >> higher >> - Potential performance improvements >> >> If you have any concerns about these changes your feedback would be >> appreciated. If you are in support of these changes a response indicating >> your support is encouraged as well. >> >> Thank you, >> Grant >> > -- Andrew Wong
