I apologize. I didn't realize this was a formal voting thread. I thought it was for discussion and voicing concerns.
On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 10:56 PM Wing Yew Poon <wyp...@cloudera.com.invalid> wrote: > I just wish to point out that when people started voting, the proposal was > "dropping JDK 8 support in Iceberg 2.0 release". > It's fine for people to propose dropping JDK8 support sooner than that > (and I'm not against that), but the proposal being voted on should not be > switched mid-vote. > - Wing Yew > > > On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 10:45 PM huaxin gao <huaxin.ga...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I understand that transitioning from JDK 8 to JDK 11 requires some effort >> from the users. However, even if we wait until version 2.0, we >> still encounter the same problem. I don't see the need for more time to >> test the discontinuation of JDK 8 support. The configuration of Spark 3.5 >> with JDK 11 and JDK 17 is very stable, and the majority of users are using >> this setting. Therefore, it seems to me that we don't need to wait more >> time to drop JDK 8 support. >> >> With that said, I don't have an extremely strong opinion on this matter. >> For Spark 4.0 support, I can change the spark-ci to only run Java 17 for >> Spark 4.0. However, I probably need to drop a couple of Java 8 CIs >> because they don't work with Spark 4.0. >> >> Thanks, >> Huaxin >> >> On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 8:11 PM Manu Zhang <owenzhang1...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Yes, I'm asking for users who use JDK 8 with Spark 3.5. Users can >>> continue to use 1.6+ with Spark 3.5 and JDK 8 if we continue to support >>> them. >>> If we drop JDK 8 support after 1.6, then there might be issues for Spark >>> 3.5 with JDK 8 users. >>> >>> I'm +1 to drop JDK 8 support in 2.0. I think it's worth more discussion >>> and tests for dropping JDK 8 support in 1.6+ versions, which can be another >>> thread. >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 10:45 AM huaxin gao <huaxin.ga...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Manu, >>>> Thanks for the discussion. Is your concern about customers who use JDK >>>> 8 with Spark 3.5? But we will face the same problem if we drop JDK 8 in >>>> Iceberg 2.0, unless we plan to drop Spark 3.5 support in 2.0. >>>> >>>> Huaxin >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM Renjie Liu <liurenjie2...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, Manu: >>>>> >>>>> > If we drop JDK 8 support in 1.7, can Iceberg 1.7+ work seamlessly >>>>> with Spark 3.5? Otherwise, users might get stuck in 1.6. >>>>> >>>>> I think spark 3.5 supports JDK 8/11/17 according to their doc. So >>>>> users could still use iceberg 1.7+ after upgrading JDK. >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 9:40 AM Manu Zhang <owenzhang1...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Not sure about other engines but Spark has JDK 8 support till 3.5, >>>>>> which looks like a LTS version. >>>>>> If we drop JDK 8 support in 1.7, can Iceberg 1.7+ work seamlessly >>>>>> with Spark 3.5? Otherwise, users might get stuck in 1.6. >>>>>> >>>>>>>
