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• How to Contribute
• Hive Contributors Meetings
• Hive Developer Docs
  • Hive Developer Guide (code organization, compile and run Hive, unit tests, debug, pluggable interfaces)
  • Hive Developer FAQ (move files, build Hive, test Hive, MiniDriver and Beeline tests)
  • Plugin Developer Kit
  • Writing UDTFs
• Hive Testing Docs
  • FAQ:  Testing
  • Developer Guide:  Unit Tests
  • Unit Test Parallel Execution
  • Tips for Adding New Tests
  • Hive PTest2 Infrastructure
  • Hive PreCommit Patch Testing
  • MiniDriver and Beeline Tests
• Hive Performance
• Hive Architecture Overview
• Hive Design Docs
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• Full-Text Search over All Hive Resources
• How to edit the website
• Becoming a Committer
• How to Commit
• How to Release
• Project Bylaws

Hive Versions and Branches

Recent versions of Hive are available on the Downloads page of the Hive website. The Downloads page provides each version's release date and list of changes.  If you want a list of changes for an earlier version (or a development branch), use the Configure Release Notes page.

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More information about Hive branches is available in How to Contribute:  Understanding Hive Branches.

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