Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 329C6931A for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:51:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 23509 invoked by uid 500); 28 Feb 2012 20:51:34 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 23299 invoked by uid 500); 28 Feb 2012 20:51:34 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: general@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 23291 invoked by uid 99); 28 Feb 2012 20:51:34 -0000 Received: from minotaur.apache.org (HELO minotaur.apache.org) (140.211.11.9) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:51:34 +0000 Received: from localhost (HELO mail-we0-f175.google.com) (127.0.0.1) (smtp-auth username phunt, mechanism plain) by minotaur.apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:51:33 +0000 Received: by wera1 with SMTP id a1so1687379wer.6 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:51:32 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of phunt@apache.org designates 10.180.92.71 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.180.92.71; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of phunt@apache.org designates 10.180.92.71 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=phunt@apache.org Received: from mr.google.com ([10.180.92.71]) by 10.180.92.71 with SMTP id ck7mr51739843wib.3.1330462292259 (num_hops = 1); Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:51:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.180.92.71 with SMTP id ck7mr41449562wib.3.1330462292246; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:51:32 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.2.205 with HTTP; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:51:12 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <45295904-5BF7-40D6-8BDE-43747F2D0ADE@hortonwork.com> <20120228085246.GM3186@garfield> From: Patrick Hunt Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:51:12 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [VOTE] Graduate Sqoop podling from Apache Incubator To: general@incubator.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >> Note that API is not just method signatures but includes all aspects >> of implementation such as class hierarchies, type compatibility, >> static and non-static state etc. > > I think that it's good to have binary compatibility with Cloudera's old b= indings. =A0 I still don't see why it's a requirement for Apache to house c= ode whose sole use is to provide backward compatible bindings for Cloudera'= s old bindings. The Sqoop community moved from github where it was ASL licensed to Apache. There is now a Sqoop community at Apache that continues using/developing this code and they felt that having backward compatibility was useful. There is no stated restriction from Apache against doing such. I don't know the cost of just dropping the com.cloudera migration aids, but I suspect it would have been easier to just drop it than spend the time worrying about it and trying to provide a solution. I'm primarily acting as a mentor, Arvind would be in better position to provide insight into that background and why the community felt it was important to carry this forward. Patrick --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org