Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-hadoop-common-user-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-common-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 19D3399E7 for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:05:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 68555 invoked by uid 500); 22 Nov 2011 20:05:37 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-common-user-archive@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 68493 invoked by uid 500); 22 Nov 2011 20:05:36 -0000 Mailing-List: contact common-user-help@hadoop.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: common-user@hadoop.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list common-user@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 68485 invoked by uid 99); 22 Nov 2011 20:05:36 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:05:36 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: 209.85.216.176 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of niranjan@cs.washington.edu) Received: from [209.85.216.176] (HELO mail-qy0-f176.google.com) (209.85.216.176) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:05:30 +0000 Received: by qyk10 with SMTP id 10so431874qyk.35 for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:05:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.229.67.29 with SMTP id p29mr2340323qci.177.1321992309736; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:05:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from nila.cs.washington.edu (nila.cs.washington.edu. [128.208.4.63]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ff9sm15085330qab.16.2011.11.22.12.05.08 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:05:09 -0800 (PST) From: Niranjan Balasubramanian Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Hadoop next stable release Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:05:07 -0800 Message-Id: To: common-user@hadoop.apache.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1251.1) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1251.1) Hello We are currently using hadoop 0.20.203 on a 10 node cluster. We are = considering upgrading to a newer version and I have two questions in = this regard. 1) It seems 0.21 is unlikely to become a stable release anytime soon and = we are weary of moving to an unstable release. Our primary concern is = the data we have on our hdfs. I want to know if anyone has been using = 0.21 in production and would like to hear about your experiences? Any = advice on this front is appreciated.=20 2) Do we know when 0.23 is likely to become stable? There has been some = discussion on mail #dev* about 0.23 becoming stable sometime soon. Is it = going to happen by the end of this year?=20 =20 Thanks ~ Niranjan. * - = http://search-hadoop.com/m/f623FA7bDK1/hadoop+next+stable+release+0.21&sub= j=3D0+21+stable+schedule+=