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From: "Mattmann, Chris A (388J)" <chris.a.mattmann@jpl.nasa.gov>
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Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:46:34 -0800
Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Apache Hadoop 1.0?
Thread-Topic: [DISCUSS] Apache Hadoop 1.0?
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Hey Guys,

My super +1 for calling one 0.20.205 as 1.0.

1 point oh!

Cheers,
Chris

On Nov 14, 2011, at 2:11 PM, Arun C Murthy wrote:

> Folks,
>=20
> Apache Hadoop has come a long way since our humble beginnings. As a commu=
nity we've made significant progress, even in 2011 - we've had 3 releases o=
ff the branch-0.20-security (0.20.205 being the latest) and we just release=
d 0.23.0 last week, our first major release off trunk in a while.
>=20
> With hadoop-0.20.205 we finally have an Apache release with both security=
 and HBase support, both critical for the growing ecosystem.
>=20
> With that, I think it's time to call it as hadoop-1.0. The 1.0 moniker ha=
s something we've wanted for a while and I think it's time for us to just s=
hip it. Linus did something similar with GNU/Linux 3.0.=20
>=20
> Yes, we could add more features or better it along many dimensions (ala h=
adoop-0.23), but right now we have a pretty decent piece of software i.e.  =
the feature set in hadoop-0.20.205 is compelling and widely used. We could =
call hadoop-0.23 (or 0.22) as 2.0 etc. I do think we, as a community, can s=
upport compatibility in the hadoop-1.x series, which is the essential ingre=
dient. This isn't a brand new idea, Doug suggested this a long while ago.=20
>=20
> Thoughts?
>=20
> thanks,
> Arun
>=20
>=20
>=20


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