+1 for the release and release manager candidate Best, Leonard
> 2024年10月31日 下午8:04，Yanquan Lv <decq12y...@gmail.com> 写道： > > +1 for the release HBase connector 4.0 with 1.18 and 1.19 support. > >> 2024年10月29日 00:03，Ferenc Csaky <ferenc.cs...@pm.me.INVALID> 写道： >> >> Hi, >> >> Based on this discussion I would like to suggest to move on with >> the originally planned release with the HBase connector 4.0, that >> will support 1.18, and 1.19. >> >> I volunteer to be the release manager. >> >> Thanks, >> Ferenc >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024 at 13:19, Ferenc Csaky >> <ferenc.cs...@pm.me.INVALID> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Hi Marton, Yanquan, >>> >>> Thank you for your responses! Regarding the points brought up to >>> discuss: >>> >>> 1. Supporting 1.20 definitely makes sense, but since there is quite >>> a big gap to work down here now, I am not sure it should be done in >>> 1 step. As my understanding, the externalized connector dev model >>> [1] do not explicitly forbid that, but AFAIK there were external >>> connector release that supported 3 different Flink minor versions. >>> >>> In this case, I think technically would be possible, but IMO >>> supporting 3 Flink verisons adds more complexity to maintain. So >>> what I would suggest to release 4.0 with Flink 1.18 and 1.19 >>> support, and after that there can be a 4.1 that supports 1.19 and >>> 1.20. 4.0 will only have patch support, probably minimizing Flink >>> version specific problems. >>> >>> 2. Flink 1.17 had no JDK17 support, so those Hadoop related >>> problems should not play a role if something needs to be released >>> that supports 1.17. But if connector 4.0 is released, 3.x versions >>> will not get any new releases (even not patch), cause 1.17 is out >>> of support already. >>> >>> Best, >>> Ferenc >>> >>> [1] >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/Externalized+Connector+development >>> >>> On Wednesday, 23 October 2024 at 05:19, Yanquan Lv decq12y...@gmail.com >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Feri, >>>> Thank you for bringing up this discussion. >>>> I agree to release a version to bump the newer version of Flink with >>>> partial JDK versions support. I have two points to be discussed. >>>> 1. I have heard many inquiries about supporting higher versions of Flink >>>> in Slack, Chinese communities, etc., and a large part of them hope to use >>>> it on Flink1.20. Should we consider explicitly supporting Flink1.20 on >>>> version 4.0, otherwise users will have to wait for a relatively long >>>> release cycle. >>>> 2. Currently supporting Flink1.17 is difficult, but are there any plans to >>>> support it in the future? Do we need to wait for Hadoop related >>>> repositories to release specific versions. >>>> >>>>> 2024年10月22日 19:44，Ferenc Csaky ferenc.cs...@pm.me.INVALID 写道： >>>>> >>>>> Hello devs, >>>>> >>>>> I would like to start a discussion regarding a new HBase connector >>>>> release. Currently, the >>>>> externalized HBase connector has only 1 release: 3.0.0 that supports >>>>> Flink 1.16 and 1.17. >>>>> >>>>> By stating this, it is obvious that the connector is already outdated for >>>>> quite a while. There >>>>> is a long-lasting ticket [1] to release a newer HBase version, which also >>>>> contains a major version >>>>> bump as HBase 1.x support is removed, but covering JDK17 with the current >>>>> Hadoop related >>>>> dependency mix is impossible, because there are parts that do not play >>>>> well with it when you >>>>> try to compile with JDK17+, and there are no runtime tests as well. >>>>> >>>>> Solving that properly will require to bump the HBase, Hadoop, and >>>>> Zookeeper versions as well, >>>>> but that will require more digging and some refactoring, at least on the >>>>> test side. >>>>> >>>>> To cut some corners and move forward I think at this point it would make >>>>> sense to release >>>>> version 4.0 that supports Flink 1.18 and 1.19 but only on top of JDK8 and >>>>> JDK11 just to close the >>>>> current gap a bit. I am thinking about including the limitations in the >>>>> java compat docs [2] to >>>>> highlight users. >>>>> >>>>> WDYT? >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> Ferenc >>>>> >>>>> [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-35136 >>>>> [2] >>>>> https://nightlies.apache.org/flink/flink-docs-release-1.19/docs/deployment/java_compatibility/ >
