[VOTE][RESULT] Stable releases from branch-1 and experimental releases from master

[Alan Gates <al...@gmail.com>]

With a total of 9 binding +1s, 1 non-binding +1, and no -1s this vote 
passes.  Thanks to all who voted.  I'll start work on the branching next 
week.

Alan.

> Lefty Leverenz <ma...@gmail.com>
> May 27, 2015 at 16:23
> +1
>
> -- Lefty
>
> On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 3:21 PM, Alexander Pivovarov 
> <ap...@gmail.com>
>
> Alexander Pivovarov <ma...@gmail.com>
> May 27, 2015 at 15:21
> +1
>
> Vikram Dixit K <ma...@gmail.com>
> May 27, 2015 at 10:45
> +1 for all the reasons outlined.
>
>
>
> Thejas Nair <ma...@gmail.com>
> May 26, 2015 at 18:13
> +1
> - This is great for users who want to take longer to upgrade from
> hadoop-1 and care mainly for bug fixes and incremental features,
> rather than radical new features.
> - The ability to release initial 2.x releases marked as alpha/beta
> also helps to get users to try it out, and also lets them choose what
> is right for them.
> - This also lets developers focus on major new features without the
> burden of maintaining hadoop-1 compatibility.
> Alan Gates <ma...@gmail.com>
> May 26, 2015 at 11:41
> We have discussed this for several weeks now.  Some concerns have been 
> raised which I have tried to address.  I think it is time to vote on 
> it as our release plan.  To be specific, I propose:
>
> Hive makes a branch-1 from the current master.  This would be used for 
> 1.3 and future 1.x releases.  This branch would not deprecate existing 
> functionality.  Any new features in this branch would also need to be 
> put on master.  An upgrade path for users will be maintained from one 
> 1.x release to the next, as well as from the latest 1.x release to the 
> latest 2.x release.
>
> Going forward releases numbered 2.x will be made from master.  The 
> purpose of these releases will be to enable users to get access to new 
> features being developed in Hive and allow developers to get 
> feedback.  It is expected that for a while these releases will not be 
> production ready and will be clearly so labeled.  Some legacy 
> features, such as Hadoop 1 and MapReduce, will no longer be supported 
> in the master.  Any critical bug fixes (security, incorrect results, 
> crashes) fixed in master will also be ported to branch-1 for at least 
> a year.  This time period may be extended in the future based on the 
> stability and adoption of 2.x releases.
>
> Based on Hive's bylaws this release plan vote will be open for 3 days 
> and all active committers have binding votes.
>
> Here's my +1.
>
> Alan.