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specific language governing permissions and limitations
under the License.
-[Git](http://git-scm.com) is an open source, distributed version control system
-which has become very popular in large, complicated software projects due to
-its efficient handling of multiple, simultaneously and independently developed
-branches of source code.\
+The PMC of Apache Accumulo closed a vote on 2014/12/12 which adopted [Semantic Versioning 2.0.0][1] as
+the reference document on the meaning and requirements of subsequent releases of Apache Accumulo. The definition
+of the public API is unchanged over previous releases and can be found in section 9 of the [README][2].
+
+The semantic versioning specification is included here:
+
+The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL"
+in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119.
+
+1. Software using Semantic Versioning MUST declare a public API. This API could be declared in the code itself or exist
+strictly in documentation. However it is done, it should be precise and comprehensive.
+
+2. A normal version number MUST take the form X.Y.Z where X, Y, and Z are non-negative integers, and MUST NOT contain
+leading zeroes. X is the major version, Y is the minor version, and Z is the patch version. Each element MUST increase
+numerically. For instance: 1.9.0 -> 1.10.0 -> 1.11.0.
+
+3. Once a versioned package has been released, the contents of that version MUST NOT be modified. Any modifications MUST
+be released as a new version.
+
+4. Major version zero (0.y.z) is for initial development. Anything may change at any time. The public API should not be
+considered stable.
+
+5. Version 1.0.0 defines the public API. The way in which the version number is incremented after this release is dependent
+on this public API and how it changes.
+
+6. Patch version Z (x.y.Z | x > 0) MUST be incremented if only backwards compatible bug fixes are introduced. A bug fix
+is defined as an internal change that fixes incorrect behavior.
+
+7. Minor version Y (x.Y.z | x > 0) MUST be incremented if new, backwards compatible functionality is introduced to the
+public API. It MUST be incremented if any public API functionality is marked as deprecated. It MAY be incremented if
+substantial new functionality or improvements are introduced within the private code. It MAY include patch level changes.
+Patch version MUST be reset to 0 when minor version is incremented.
+
+8. Major version X (X.y.z | X > 0) MUST be incremented if any backwards incompatible changes are introduced to the public
+API. It MAY include minor and patch level changes. Patch and minor version MUST be reset to 0 when major version is incremented.
+
+9. A pre-release version MAY be denoted by appending a hyphen and a series of dot separated identifiers immediately following
+the patch version. Identifiers MUST comprise only ASCII alphanumerics and hyphen [0-9A-Za-z-]. Identifiers MUST NOT be empty.
+Numeric identifiers MUST NOT include leading zeroes. Pre-release versions have a lower precedence than the associated normal
+version. A pre-release version indicates that the version is unstable and might not satisfy the intended compatibility requirements
+as denoted by its associated normal version. Examples: 1.0.0-alpha, 1.0.0-alpha.1, 1.0.0-0.3.7, 1.0.0-x.7.z.92.
+
+10. Build metadata MAY be denoted by appending a plus sign and a series of dot separated identifiers immediately following
+the patch or pre-release version. Identifiers MUST comprise only ASCII alphanumerics and hyphen [0-9A-Za-z-]. Identifiers MUST
+NOT be empty. Build metadata SHOULD be ignored when determining version precedence. Thus two versions that differ only in the
+build metadata, have the same precedence. Examples: 1.0.0-alpha+001, 1.0.0+20130313144700, 1.0.0-beta+exp.sha.5114f85.
+
+11. Precedence refers to how versions are compared to each other when ordered. Precedence MUST be calculated by separating
+the version into major, minor, patch and pre-release identifiers in that order (Build metadata does not figure into precedence).
+Precedence is determined by the first difference when comparing each of these identifiers from left to right as follows: Major,
+minor, and patch versions are always compared numerically. Example: 1.0.0 < 2.0.0 < 2.1.0 < 2.1.1. When major, minor, and patch
+are equal, a pre-release version has lower precedence than a normal version. Example: 1.0.0-alpha < 1.0.0. Precedence for two
+pre-release versions with the same major, minor, and patch version MUST be determined by comparing each dot separated identifier
+from left to right until a difference is found as follows: identifiers consisting of only digits are compared numerically and
+identifiers with letters or hyphens are compared lexically in ASCII sort order. Numeric identifiers always have lower precedence
+than non-numeric identifiers. A larger set of pre-release fields has a higher precedence than a smaller set, if all of the
+preceding identifiers are equal. Example: 1.0.0-alpha < 1.0.0-alpha.1 < 1.0.0-alpha.beta < 1.0.0-beta < 1.0.0-beta.2 <
+1.0.0-beta.11 < 1.0.0-rc.1 < 1.0.0.
-## Workflow Background
-
-Likely the most contested subject matter regarding switching an active team
-from one SCM tool to another is a shift in the development paradigm.
-
-Some background, the common case, as is present with this team, is that
-developers coming from a Subversion history are very light on merging being a
-critical consideration on how to perform development. Because merging in
-Subversion is typically of no consequence to the complete view of history, not
-to mention that Subversion allows "merging" of specific revisions instead of
-sub-trees. As such, a transition to Git typically requires a shift in mindset
-in which a fix is not arbitrarily applied to trunk (whatever the main
-development is called), but the fix should be applied to the earliest, non
-end-of-life (EOL) version of the application.
-
-For example, say there is a hypothetical application which has just released
-version-3 of their software and have shifted their development to a version-4
-WIP. Version-2 is still supported, while version-1 was just EOL'ed. Each
-version still has a branch. A bug was just found which affects all released
-versions of this application. In Subversion, considering the history in the
-repository, it is of no consequence where the change is initially applied,
-because a Subversion merge is capable of merging it to any other version.
-History does not suffer because Subversion doesn't have the capacities to
-accurately track the change across multiple branches. In Git, to maintain a
-non-duplicative history, it is imperative that the developer choose the correct
-branch to fix the bug in. In this case, since version-1 is EOL'ed, version-2,
-version-3 and the WIP version-4 are candidates. The earliest version is
-obviously version-2; so, the change should be applied in version-2, merged to
-version-3 and then the version-4 WIP.
-
-The importance of this example is making a best-attempt to preserve history
-when using Git. While Git does have commands like cherry-pick which allow the
-contents of a commit to be applied from one branch to another which are not
-candidates to merge without conflict (which is typically the case when merging
-a higher version into a lower version), this results in a duplication of that
-commit in history when the two trees are eventually merged together. While Git
-is smart enough to not attempt to re-apply the changes, history still contains
-the blemish.
-
-The purpose of this extravagant example is to outline, in the trivial case, how
-the workflow decided upon for development is very important and has direct
-impact on the efficacy of the advanced commands bundled with Git.
-
-## Proposed Workflow
-
-This is a summary of what has been agreed upon by vocal committers/PMC members
-on [dev@accumulo.apache.org](mailto:dev@accumulo.apache.org). Enumeration of
-every possible situation out of the scope of this document. This document
-intends to lay the ground work to define the correct course of action regardless
-of circumstances. Some concrete examples will be provided to ensure the
-explanation is clear.
-
-1. Active development is performed concurrently over no less than two versions
- of Apache Accumulo at any one point in time. As such, the workflow must
- provide guidance on how and where changes should be made which apply to
- multiple versions and how to ensure that such changes are contained in all
- applicable versions.
-
-2. Releases are considered extremely onerous and time-consuming so no emphasis
- is placed on rapid iterations or development-cycles.
-
-3. New features typically have lengthy development cycles in which more than
- one developer contributes to the creation of the new feature from planning,
- to implementation, to scale testing. Mechanisms/guidance should be provided
- for multiple developers to teach contribute to a remote-shared resource.
-
-4. The repository should be the irrefutable, sole source of information
- regarding the development of Apache Accumulo, and, as such, should have
- best-efforts given in creating a clean, readable history without any single
- entity having to control all write access and changes (a proxy). In other
- words, the developers are the ones responsible for ensuring that previous
- releases are preserved to meet ASF policy, for not rewriting any public
- history of code not yet officially released (also ASF policy relevant) and
- for a best-effort to be given to avoid duplicative commits appearing in
- history created by the application of multiple revisions which have
- different identifying attributes but the same contents (git-rebase and
- git-cherry-pick).
-
-# The implementation
-
-## Contributors
-
-Use the following steps, original derived from Apache Kafka's [simple
-contributor
-workflow][1].
-
-To be specific, let's consider a contributor wanting to work on a fix for the
-Jira issue ACCUMULO-12345 that affects 1.5.0 release.
-
-1. Ensure you configured Git with your information
-
- `git config --global user.name 'My Name' && git config --global user.email
- 'myname@mydomain.com'`
-
-2. Clone the Accumulo repository:
-
- `git clone https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/accumulo.git accumulo`
-
-3. or update your local copy:
-
- `git fetch && git fetch --tags`
-
-4. For the given issue you intend to work on, choose the 'lowest' fixVersion
- and create a branch for yourself to work in. This example is against the next release of 1.5
-
- `git checkout -b ACCUMULO-12345-my-work origin/1.5`
-
-5. Make commits as you see fit as you fix the issue, referencing the issue name
- in the commit message:
-
- `git commit -av`
-
- Please include the ticket number at the beginning of the log message, and
- in the first line, as it's easier to parse quickly. For example:
-
- `ACCUMULO-2428 throw exception when rename fails after compaction`
-
- Consider following the git log message format described in
- [Zach Holman's talk](http://zachholman.com/talk/more-git-and-github-secrets/)
- (specifically slides 78-98, beginning at 15:20 into the video). Essentially,
- leave a short descriptive message in the first line, skip a line, and write
- more detailed stuff there, if you need to. For example:
-
- `ACCUMULO-2194 Add delay for randomwalk Security teardown`
-
- `If two Security randomwalk tests run back-to-back, the second test may see that the
- table user still exists even though it was removed when the first test was torn down.
- This can happen if the user drop does not propagate through Zookeeper quickly enough.
- This commit adds a delay to the end of the Security test to give ZK some time.`
-
-6. Assuming others are developing against the version you also are, as you
- work, or before you create your patch, rebase your branch against the remote
- to lift your changes to the top of your branch. The branch specified here should be the same one you used in step 4.
-
- `git pull --rebase origin 1.5`
-
-7. At this point, you can create a patch file from the upstream branch to
- attach to the ACCUMULO-12345 Jira issue. The branch specified here should be teh same one you used in step 4.
-
- `git format-patch --stdout origin/1.5 > ACCUMULO-12345.patch`
-
-An alternative to creating a patch is submitting a request to pull your changes
-from some repository, e.g. Github. Please include the repository and branch
-name merge in the notice to the Jira issue, e.g.
-
- repo=git://github.com/<username>/accumulo.git branch=ACCUMULO-12345
-
-A second alternative is to use Github's "Pull Requests" feature against the
-[Apache Accumulo account](https://github.com/apache/accumulo). Notifications of
-new pull-requests from Github should automatically be sent to
-[dev@accumulo.apache.org](mailto:dev@accumulo.apache.org).
-
-Ignoring specifics, contributors should be sure to make their changes against
-the earlier version in which the fix is intended, `git-rebase`'ing their
-changes against the upstream branch so as to keep their changes co-located and
-free of unnecessary merges.
-
-## Developers
-
-### Primary Development
-
-Primary development should take place in `master` which is to contain the most
-recent, un-released version of Apache Accumulo. Branches exist for minor releases
-for each previously released major version.
-
-Using long-lived branches that track a major release line simplifies management and
-release practices. Developers are encouraged to make branches for their own purposes,
-for large features, release candidates or whatever else is deemed useful.
-
-### Reviewing contributor changes
-
-It is always the responsibility of committers to determine that a patch is
-intended and able to be contributed. From the
-[new committer's guide](http://www.apache.org/dev/new-committers-guide.html#cla):
-"Please take care to ensure that patches are original works which have been
-clearly contributed to the ASF in public. In the case of any doubt (or when a
-contribution with a more complex history is presented) please consult your
-project PMC before committing it."
-
-Extra diligence may be necessary when code is contributed via a pull request.
-Committers should verify that the contributor intended to submit the code as a
-Contribution under the [Apache License](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt).
-When pulling the code, committers should also verify that the commits pulled match the
-list of commits sent to the Accumulo dev list in the pull request.
-
-#### Patches
-
-Developers should use the following steps to apply patches from
-contributors:
-
-1. Checkout the branch for the major version which the patch is intended:
-
- `git checkout 1.5`
-
-2. Verify the changes introduced by the patch:
-
- `git apply --stat ACCUMULO-12345.patch`
-
-3. Verify that the patch applies cleanly:
-
- `git apply --check ACCUMULO-12345.patch`
-
-4. If all is well, apply the patch:
-
- `git am --signoff < ACCUMULO-12345.patch`
-
-5. When finished, push the changes:
-
- `git push origin 1.5`
-
-6. Merge where appropriate:
-
- `git checkout master && git merge 1.5`
-
-#### Github Pull-Requests
-
-If the contributor submits a repository and branch to pull
-from, the steps are even easier:
-
-1. Add their repository as a remote to your repository
-
- `git remote add some_name ${repository}`
-
-2. Fetch the refs from the given repository
-
- `git fetch ${repository}`
-
-3. Merge in the given branch to your local branch
-
- `git merge some_name/${branch}`
-
-4. Delete the remote:
-
- `git remote remove some_name`
-
-If the branch doesn't fast-forward merge, you likely want to inform the
-contributor to update their branch to avoid the conflict resolution and merge
-commit. See the [Git
-manual](http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Branching-Basic-Branching-and-Merging)
-for more information on merging. When merging a pull-request, it's best to **not**
-include a signoff on the commit(s) as it changes the final commit ID in the
-Accumulo repository. This also has the negative of not automatically closing
-the Pull-Request when the changes are made public.
-
-### Feature Branches
-
-Ease in creating and using feature branches is a desirable merit which Git
-provides with little work. Feature branches are a great way in which developers
-to work on multiple, long-running features concurrently, without worry of
-mixing code ready for public-review and code needing more internal work.
-Additionally, this creates an easily consumable series of commits in which
-other developers can track changes, and see how the feature itself evolved.
-
-To prevent developers' feature branches from colliding with one another, it was
-suggested to impose a "hierarchy" in which shared feature branches are prefixed
-with `<apache_id>/ACCUMULO-<issue#>[-description]`.
-
-1. Create a branch off of `master`.
-
- `git checkout <apache_id>/ACCUMULO-<issue#> master`
-
-2. Create the feature, commiting early and often to appropriately outline the
-"story" behind the feature and it's implementation.
-
-3. As long as you have not collaborating with others, `git-rebase` your feature
-branch against upstream changes in `master`
-
- `git fetch && git rebase origin/master`
-
-4. If you are actively collaborating with others, you should be nice and not
-change their history. Use `git-merge` instead.
-
- `git fetch && git merge origin/master`
-
-5. Continue steps 2 through 4 until the feature is complete.
-
-6. Depending on the nature, duration and history of the changes in your feature
-branch, you can choose to:
-
- * **'Simple' Merge**:
-
- `git checkout master && git merge <apache_id>/ACCUMULO-<issue#>`
-
- * **Rebase and merge** -- keeps all feature-branch commits
- co-located:
-
- `git fetch && git rebase origin/master && git checkout master && git merge <apache_id>/ACCUMULO-<issue#>`
-
- * **Merge with squash** -- feature branch history is a mess, just make one commit
- with the lump-sum of your feature branch changes:
-
- `git checkout master && git merge --squash <apache_id>/ACCUMULO-<issue#>`
-
-### Changes which affect multiple versions (a.k.a. merging)
-
-Merging can be a very confusing topic for users switching to Git, but it can be
-summarized fairly easily.
-
-0. **Precondition**: choose the right branch to start! (lowest, applicable version
- for the change)
-
-1. Get your changes fixed for that earliest version.
-
-2. Switch to the next highest version which future minor versions will be
- released (non-EOL major release series).
-
-3. `git-merge` the branch from #1 into the current.
-
-4. In the face of conflicts, use options from `git-merge` to help you.
-
- * `git checkout new-version && git merge --stat old-version`
- * `git checkout new-version && git merge --no-commit old-version`
-
-5. Treat your current branch as the branch from #2, and repeat from #2.
-
-When merging changes across major releases, there is always the possibility of
-changes which are applicable/necessary in one release, but not in any future
-releases, changes which are different in implementation due to API changes, or
-any number of other cases. Whatever the actual case is, the developer who made
-the first set of changes (you) is the one responsible for performing the merge
-through the rest of the active versions. Even when the merge may results in a
-zero-length change in content, this is incredibly important to record as you
-are the one who knows that this zero-length change in content is correct!
-
-## Release Management
-
-Releases, although not a day to day task, have their own unique steps which are
-to be followed. Releases can be categorized in to minor and major releases.
-
-### A minor release
-
-A minor release is some set of changes `z'` on top of a version `x.y.z`.
-Typically, `z'` is simply `z + 1`, e.g. given a release named '1.6.0', and the
-next minor release is '1.6.1'. These changes for `z'` should not break any
-client code which works against `z` and should absolutely not change the public
-API.
-
-By convention, the branch containing the changes `z'` should be named
-`x.y` (where the changes for `z'` are commits since `x.y.z`. The steps to take are as follows:
-
-1. Prepare the release candidate. [Release
- Guide](/governance/releasing.html), [Maven
- Instructions](/releasing.html)
-2. Create a branch for the release candidate from the `x.y` branch,
- named something like `x.y.z'-RCN`.
-3. Test and Vote
-4. Create a GPG-signed tag with the correct final name: `x.y.z'`
-5. Push a delete of the remote branch `x.y.z'-RCN`
-
-This process is not firm and should not be viewed as requirements for making a release.
-The release manager is encouraged to make use branches/tags in whichever way is best.
-
-### A major release
-
-A major release is a release in which multiple new features are introduced
-and/or the public API are modified. The major release `y'`, even when the
-client API is not modified, will typically contain many new features and
-functionality above the last release series `y`. A major release also resets
-the `z` value back to `0`.
-
-The steps to create a new major release are very similar to a minor release:
-
-1. Prepare the release candidate. _reference release instructions_
-2. Create a tag of the release candidate from the `x.y` branch,
- named something like `x.y.0-RCN`.
-3. Test and Vote
-4. Create a GPG-signed tag with the correct final name: `x.y.0`
-5. Push a delete of the remote branch `x.y.0-RCN`
-
-# The infrastructure
-
-This section deals with the changes that must be requested through INFRA. As
-with any substantial INFRA request, the VOTE and result from the mailing should
-be referenced so INFRA knows that the request has been acknowledged. Likely, a
-PMC member should be the one to submit the request.
-
-## Repositories
-
-I believe that we will need multiple repositories to best align ourselves with
-how we currently track "Accumulo" projects. The repositories follow:
-
-1. The main source tree. This will track the standard trunk, branches, tags
- structure from Subversion for Apache Accumulo.
-
-2. One repository for every project in
- [contrib](https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/accumulo/contrib): Accumulo-BSP,
- Instamo Archetype, and the Wikisearch project. Each of these
- are considered disjoint from one another, and the main source tree, so they
- each deserve their own repository.
-
-Given the list of repositories that currently exist on the [ASF
-site](https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf) and a brief search over INFRA
-tickets, multiple repositories for a single Apache project is not an issue.
-Having this list when making the initial ticket will likely reduce the amount
-of work necessary in opening multiple INFRA tickets.
-
-## Mirroring
-
-It should be noted in the INFRA requst that each repository will also need to
-be configured to properly mirror to the [ASF Github](https://github.com/apache)
-account to provide the same functionality with current have via the git+svn
-mirror. This should be noted in the INFRA request. Same change needs to be
-applied for the [Apache hosted](http://git.apache.org) mirror'ing.
-
-## Mailing lists
-
-It should be noted in the INFRA request that commit messages should be sent to
-[commits@accumulo.apache.org](mailto:commits@accumulo.apache.org). The subject
-can be decided on using the [provided
-variables](https://git-wip-us.apache.org/docs/switching-to-git.html#contents).
-
-# Examples
-
-For the sake of clarity, some examples of common situations are included below.
-
-## Releasing 1.6.0
-
-1. Branch from `master` to `1.6`
-
- `git checkout master && git branch 1.6`
-
-2. Tag `1.6.0-RC1` from the just created `1.6` branch
-
- `git tag 1.6.0-RC1 1.6`
-
-3. Test, vote, etc. and tag from 1.6.0-RC1
-
- `git -s tag 1.6.0 1.6.0-RC1`
-
-4. Delete the RC tag, if desired.
-
- `git tag -d 1.6.0-RC1 && git push --delete origin 1.6.0-RC1`
-
-5. Ensure `master` contains all features and fixes from `1.6.0`
-
- `git checkout master && git merge 1.6`
-
-6. Update the project version in `master` to 1.7.0-SNAPSHOT
-
-
- [1]: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Patch+submission+and+review#Patchsubmissionandreview-Simplecontributorworkflow
-
+[1]: http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html
+[2]: https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=accumulo.git;a=blob;f=README;hb=refs/heads/master
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