Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-common-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 45001 invoked from network); 28 Sep 2009 17:59:47 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 28 Sep 2009 17:59:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 97361 invoked by uid 500); 28 Sep 2009 17:59:46 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-common-dev-archive@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 97291 invoked by uid 500); 28 Sep 2009 17:59:46 -0000 Mailing-List: contact common-dev-help@hadoop.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: common-dev@hadoop.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list common-dev@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 97281 invoked by uid 99); 28 Sep 2009 17:59:46 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:59:46 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.4 required=10.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [216.145.54.171] (HELO mrout1.yahoo.com) (216.145.54.171) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:59:35 +0000 Received: from oceanfarearth-lm.corp.yahoo.com (oceanfarearth-lm.corp.yahoo.com [10.72.113.156]) by mrout1.yahoo.com (8.13.6/8.13.6/y.out) with ESMTP id n8SHwmBC077101 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:58:49 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=serpent; d=yahoo-inc.com; c=nofws; q=dns; h=message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type:mime-version: subject:date:references:x-mailer; b=EH+dNUd7Ictv3YSNmm47b9oC/5hkWpETedszK8+7r2Du9FE795eFMJ27HxPtSEa9 Message-Id: From: Sanjay Radia To: In-Reply-To: <8FBAA5B4-D450-4B18-B347-C805648FE514@apache.org> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-34-975621678 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Re: [VOTE] Should we freeze the public stable APIs after 0.21.0? Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:58:48 -0700 References: <0E8A0D2C-C5B9-4E11-87D6-44AA5DE5BE2A@gmail.com> <4A981563.8000508@apache.org> <07E64AE5-B15D-4B33-909A-469EB7FB61E3@yahoo-inc.com> <4A98571A.7070209@apache.org> <4ABCF83C.3000807@apache.org> <8FBAA5B4-D450-4B18-B347-C805648FE514@apache.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --Apple-Mail-34-975621678 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit +1 On Sep 25, 2009, at 10:16 AM, Owen O'Malley wrote: > We are getting closer to being able to release a Common/HDFS/MapReduce > 1.0. I'd hope that we'll get the last set of things in to 0.22 that > mean that it would be labelled 1.0. Toward that end, I'd like to start > locking down the APIs that we've marked as public stable. What that > would mean is that any interface that is tagged with the > @InterfaceStability.Stable and @InterfaceAudience.Public in the 0.21.0 > release should not have any changes committed that require a > recompilation of client code. This will provide a stable basis for our > users' applications and reduce the costs of upgrades. > > Clearly, I'm +1. > > -- Owen > --Apple-Mail-34-975621678--