Hi Huaxin, Do you have facts to support this claim? This is also saying most users are using Spark 3.5. I've skipped Spark 3.3 and Spark 3.4 here since they are not LTS versions but there could be users on those as well.
> 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. > As Fokko has shown, many projects have already supported JDK11 to JDK 17 but users are usually lagging behind. I'd suggest opening another thread for dropping JDK8 support in 1.6+ versions. Thanks, Manu On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 2:36 PM Eduard Tudenhöfner <etudenhoef...@apache.org> wrote: > +1 on dropping JDK 8 support with Iceberg 1.7 and I agree that Iceberg 2.0 > should mostly focus around breaking API changes. > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 3:45 PM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <j...@nanthrax.net> > wrote: > >> Hi Piotr >> >> I agree to drop JDK8 support (and related modules). >> >> You have my informal "+1" (this is not a formal vote thread as the >> subject doesn't contain [VOTE] :)). >> >> Thanks ! >> Regards >> JB >> >> On Mon, Jul 22, 2024 at 3:35 PM Piotr Findeisen >> <piotr.findei...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > in the "Building with JDK 21" email thread we discussed adding JDK 21 >> support and also dropping JDK 8 support, as these things were initially >> related. >> > A lot of people expressed acceptance for dropping JDK 8 support, and >> release 2.0 was proposed as a timeline. >> > There were also concerned raised, as some people still use JDK 8. >> > >> > Let me start this new thread for a discussion and perhaps formal vote >> for dropping JDK 8 support in Iceberg 2.0 release. >> > >> > Best >> > Piotr >> > >> >