Hi there, Following community guidance Externalized+Connector+development <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/Externalized+Connector+development>, We would like to initiate discussion on moving connector/hive to apache/flink-connector-hive <https://github.com/apache/flink-connector-hive> .
Currently proposed changes includes - cleanup dependencies introduced from hive/yarn dependencies with latest package version stated in properties section in POM file - add FlinkPlannerCalciteShim to handle PlannerCalcite API signature changes from 1.16 v.s 1.17-SNAPSHOT - add PackageITTests and ProductionArchitectureTests - [bonus] adding docker e2e tests with list of supported Hive/HMS versions Risk associated with this change includes not being able to release until 1.17 release, so we would have to keep cherry-pick changes from flink/connectors/hive for a period of time. Looking forward to hearing community feedback. Chen
