HBASE-22583 [hbase-filesystem] Update readme to describe compatible hbase versions
Signed-off-by: Andrew Putell <apurtell@apache.org>
diff --git a/hbase-oss/README.md b/hbase-oss/README.md
index 4755143..a487485 100644
--- a/hbase-oss/README.md
+++ b/hbase-oss/README.md
@@ -134,7 +134,9 @@
Any required credentials or other individal configuration should be set in
src/test/resources/auth-keys.xml, which should be ignored by source control.
-## Hadoop Versions
+## Dependency Versions
+
+### Hadoop Versions
HBoss mainly depends on *org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem* contract, and
current HBoss version is compatible with Hadoop releases *2.9.2* and *3.2.0*.
@@ -145,6 +147,18 @@
in `hadoop2.version` and `hadoop3.version`. By default, Hadoop 3 is used by
the build.
- mvn verify # Defaults to Hadoop 3
- mvn verify -Dhadoop.profile=3 # Activate Hadoop 3
- mvn verify -Dhadoop.profile=2 # Activate Hadoop 2
+### HBase Versions
+HBoss testing suite relies on HBase Zookeeper testing utility class, which has
+been changing over different HBase releases. Current HBoss version is guaranteed
+to compile with HBase *1.4.10* and *2.1.4*. Default build HBase version chosen
+is *2.1.4*. To compile with HBase *1.4.10*, `hbase.profile` needs to be set to `1`.
+
+### Examples of different build profile usage/combinations, and related dependency versions picked:
+
+ mvn verify # Defaults to Hadoop 3, HBase 2
+ mvn verify -Dhadoop.profile=3 # Activate Hadoop 3, HBase 2 used as default
+ mvn verify -Dhadoop.profile=2 # Activate Hadoop 2, HBase 2 used as default
+ mvn verify -Dhbase.profile=1 # Activate HBase 1, Hadoop 3 used as default
+ mvn verify -Dhadoop.profile=2 -Dhbase.profile=1 # Activate Hadoop 2 and HBase 1
+ mvn verify -Dhadoop.profile=3 -Dhbase.profile=1 # Activate Hadoop 3 and HBase 1
+
