holdenk commented on code in PR #688: URL: https://github.com/apache/spark-website/pull/688#discussion_r3253263252
########## site/versioning-policy.html: ########## @@ -164,19 +164,31 @@ <h3>Spark versions</h3> <p>Each Spark release will be versioned: <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">[MAJOR].[FEATURE].[MAINTENANCE]</code></p> <ul> - <li><strong>MAJOR</strong>: All releases with the same major version number will have API compatibility. -Major version numbers will remain stable over long periods of time. For instance, 1.X.Y may last -1 year or more.</li> - <li><strong>FEATURE</strong>: Feature releases will typically contain new features, improvements, and bug fixes. -Each feature release will have a merge window where new patches can be merged, a QA window when + <li><strong>MAJOR</strong>: Major releases occur annually, third-party dependency +upgrades, and major code refactoring. All releases with the same major version number will have +API compatibility.</li> + <li><strong>FEATURE</strong>: Feature releases occur quarterly (every 3 months) and contain new features, performance +improvements, API additions, and bug fixes. To ensure safe and predictable upgrades for downstream +projects, feature releases have the following compatibility: + <ul> + <li>No third-party dependency upgrades (e.g. Parquet, Arrow, ORC, Hadoop, Netty).</li> Review Comment: Excluding matching minor version or security issues yes? -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
