Since the users could always use the old Flink Kubernetes Operator version along with old Flink versions, I am totally in favor of this proposal to reduce maintenance burden.
Best, Yang Biao Geng <biaoge...@gmail.com> 于2023年9月6日周三 18:15写道： > +1 for the proposal. > > Best, > Biao Geng > > Gyula Fóra <gyula.f...@gmail.com> 于2023年9月6日周三 16:10写道： > > > @Zhanghao Chen: > > > > I am not completely sure at this point what this will mean for 2.0 simply > > because I am also not sure what that will mean for the operator as well > :) > > I think this will depend on the compatibility guarantees we can provide > > across Flink major versions in general. We have to look into that and > > tackle the question there independently. > > > > Gyula > > > > On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 6:12 PM Maximilian Michels <m...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > > > +1 Sounds good! Four releases give a decent amount of time to migrate > > > to the next Flink version. > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 5:33 PM Őrhidi Mátyás <matyas.orh...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 8:03 AM Thomas Weise <t...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > +1, thanks for the proposal > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 8:13 AM Gyula Fóra <gyula.f...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi All! > > > > > > > > > > > > @Maximilian Michels <m...@apache.org> has raised the question of > > > Flink > > > > > > version support in the operator before the last release. I would > > > like to > > > > > > open this discussion publicly so we can finalize this before the > > next > > > > > > release. > > > > > > > > > > > > Background: > > > > > > Currently the Flink Operator supports all Flink versions since > > Flink > > > > > 1.13. > > > > > > While this is great for the users, it introduces a lot of > backward > > > > > > compatibility related code in the operator logic and also adds > > > > > considerable > > > > > > time to the CI. We should strike a reasonable balance here that > > > allows us > > > > > > to move forward and eliminate some of this tech debt. > > > > > > > > > > > > In the current model it is also impossible to support all > features > > > for > > > > > all > > > > > > Flink versions which leads to some confusion over time. > > > > > > > > > > > > Proposal: > > > > > > Since it's a key feature of the kubernetes operator to support > > > several > > > > > > versions at the same time, I propose to support the last 4 stable > > > Flink > > > > > > minor versions. Currently this would mean to support Flink > > 1.14-1.17 > > > (and > > > > > > drop 1.13 support). When Flink 1.18 is released we would drop > 1.14 > > > > > support > > > > > > and so on. Given the Flink release cadence this means about 2 > year > > > > > support > > > > > > for each Flink version. > > > > > > > > > > > > What do you think? > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Gyula > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
