Re: Convenience Artifacts and Mac OS Support

[Ed Espino <es...@apache.org>]

+1 - thank you for considering this release optimization. If this
opimization becomes a reality, It will be important to update the
respective Apache MADlib release process wiki pages as well. I am able to
review release process updates as needed.

-=e

On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 3:13 PM Ekta Khanna <kh...@apache.org> wrote:

> +1 for both the proposals
>
> On 2022/02/28 21:29:27 Orhan Kislal wrote:
> > Dear MADlib Community,
> >
> > As you might have noticed, recent release candidates had a number of
> issues with convenience artifacts. The ASF rules indicate that a release is
> viable as long as it has the source code so I propose we stop releasing
> binaries.
> > In addition, Mac OS support is getting tricky since the end of support
> for python 2. Without official support, the local libraries are getting
> harder to maintain which causes instability for MADlib. I propose we drop
> the official support for Mac OS until we have python 3 support and/or have
> more confidence in the reproducibility of issues.
> >
> > Per ASF lazy consensus rules, if no one objects within three days, I'll
> assume acceptance for both of the proposals.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Orhan Kislal
> >
>