According to Spark docs, a minor release will be supported for 18 months and 3.1 was released 2021-03-02, more than 2 years ago. I don't think we should expect any further updates from the Spark community for the 3.1 line.
I'm also not sure that there is a problem continuing to release Iceberg's module for 3.1. It is still being updated <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/commits/master/spark/v3.1> and I don't think it is preventing us from continuing work on the later versions. Makes sense to me to keep it if people are collaborating there. We should evaluate this again soon though. On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 8:27 AM Edgar Rodriguez <edgar.rodrig...@airbnb.com.invalid> wrote: > Airbnb is also still on Spark 3.1 and I echo some of Walaa's comments. > > Cheers, > > On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 8:14 PM Walaa Eldin Moustafa < > wa.moust...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> LinkedIn is still on Spark 3.1. I am guessing a number of other companies >> could be in the same boat. I feel the argument for Spark 2.4 is different >> from that of Spark 3.1 and it would be great if we can continue to support >> 3.1 for some time. >> >> On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 11:06 AM Ryan Blue <b...@tabular.io> wrote: >> >>> +1 >>> >>> As we said in the 2.4 discussion, the format itself should provide >>> forward compatibility with tables and it is more clear that we aren't >>> adding new features if you have to use older versions for Spark 3.1. >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 10:08 AM Anton Okolnychyi >>> <aokolnyc...@apple.com.invalid> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey folks, >>>> >>>> What does everybody think about Spark 3.1 support after we add Spark >>>> 3.4 support? Our initial plan was to release jars for the last 3 versions. >>>> Are there any blockers for dropping 3.1? >>>> >>>> - Anton >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ryan Blue >>> Tabular >>> >> > > -- > Edgar R > -- Ryan Blue Tabular
