2016-11-28

Notable release blockers:

org.json:json: legal-discuss has allowed grandfathering in releases until April 30, 2017 for usages of org.json:json. HADOOP-13050 bumping the problematic AWS SDK dependency has been committed. We're in the clear.
HADOOP-13780: L&N updates from Jetty bump. Still unassigned.

Development activity

Addressing incompatible changes
- MAPREDUCE-6704: still seems close after examination of Docker issue
- YARN-5882: issuing YARN delegation tokens even in insecure deployments, discussion underway
- YARN-5559: found via JDiff analysis, fix some accidental incompats
- YARN-5184: found via downstream testing. New abstract methods added to public class.
- HDFS-11096 (compatibility with 2.x): Summary of a discussion between Andrew and Karthik was posted, seeking additional community feedback.
Erasure coding
- Slowly burning down the must-dos from the JIRA query.
Classpath isolation (HADOOP-11565)
- HADOOP-11804 (shaded client jars): POC testing with Avro and HBase seem to work, waiting on additional testing and reviews.
Tomcat to Jetty conversion (HDFS-11096, HDFS-10860)
- Initial patch posted on HDFS-11096 for KMS conversion.

2016-11-16

Notable release blockers:

Development activity

Addressing incompatible changes
- MAPREDUCE-6704: make the default pseudo-cluster work without additional env var configuration, seems close?
- YARN-5882: issuing YARN delegation tokens even in insecure deployments, discussion underway
- YARN-5559: found via JDiff analysis, fix some accidental incompats
- YARN-5184: found via downstream testing. New abstract methods added to public class.
Erasure coding
- Work continues on API refinements and supportability-related JIRAs.
Classpath isolation (HADOOP-11565)
- HADOOP-11804 (shaded client jars): Multiple revs have been posted based on review feedback.