Re: Dropping Hadoop 1 for 1.7.0

[Josh Elser <jo...@gmail.com>]

+cc user@

I don't believe a vote is necessary unless anyone actually has an 
objection. Let's have a discussion and if there are any concerns by devs 
at the end, we can call a vote.

Anyone should feel free to state their opinion on the subject.

Sean Busbey wrote:
> I'd be +1 to drop Hadoop 1 from 1.7.
>
> IIRC, we had loose consensus to drop it for 2.0. I don't know how much of
> that support was because 2.0 is a "very major" version change.
>
> It's worth keeping in mind that jdk6 support is also dropped as of the 1.7
> release, which means for some people making the jump from 1.6 will now
> requite 2 major underlying component changes.
>
> We probably should have a vote (and copy user@) just to make sure it gets
> enough visibility.
>
 >> Josh Elser wrote:
 >> Have we already decided to drop Hadoop 1 for 1.7.0? I can't remember
 >> anymore.
 >>
 >> If we haven't decided to do so already, I'd like to suggest doing so.
 >>
 >> - Josh