Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-hadoop-general-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-general-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ABF1D77E5 for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:18:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 35737 invoked by uid 500); 22 Nov 2011 02:18:39 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-general-archive@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 35576 invoked by uid 500); 22 Nov 2011 02:18:39 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@hadoop.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: general@hadoop.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 35568 invoked by uid 99); 22 Nov 2011 02:18:39 -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 02:18:39 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of harsh@cloudera.com designates 209.85.213.176 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.213.176] (HELO mail-yx0-f176.google.com) (209.85.213.176) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:18:31 +0000 Received: by yenq10 with SMTP id q10so7202803yen.35 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:18:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.50.135.40 with SMTP id pp8mr17556486igb.1.1321928290484; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:18:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.23] ([59.92.86.210]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id el2sm6008510ibb.10.2011.11.21.18.18.08 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:18:09 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Subject: Re: Un-deprecate 'old' MR apis in branch-0.23 From: Harsh J In-Reply-To: <9FE3E432-DB18-4284-BE82-ECF300A2E7B4@hortonworks.com> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:48:02 +0530 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <9FE3E432-DB18-4284-BE82-ECF300A2E7B4@hortonworks.com> To: general@hadoop.apache.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) Are gonna be maintaining both APIs forever? What's the _preferred_ API of choice/recommendation, for both downstream = projects and users? On 22-Nov-2011, at 4:45 AM, Arun C Murthy wrote: > It's pretty clear we are going to support the 'old' MR apis in = hadoop-0.23 (and, possibly, beyond) for tonnes of existing applications. >=20 > As such, I'd like to go ahead and merge MAPREDUCE-1735 to branch-0.23. >=20 > Thoughts? >=20 > thanks, > Arun