+1 to start 1.7.2 RC ASAP, we should have this release to make the latest Iceberg compatible with the latest Spark 3.5.4. I also request a release on 1.6 branch with [1] to take care of Java 8 users.
[1] https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/11731 Thanks, Cheng Pan > On Jan 13, 2025, at 14:24, Fokko Driesprong <fo...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Over the weekend the last item from the 1.7.2 milestone > <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pulls?q=is%3Apr+milestone%3A%22Iceberg+1.7.2%22+is%3Aclosed> > has been resolved. I took the liberty of cherry-picking the commits to the > 1.7.x branch <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/commits/1.7.x/>. JB > volunteered to run the release here > <https://lists.apache.org/thread/xc0ddyjkwdl8rhp072fcydl4rondogx6>, but I'm > also happy to run this one if he's busy with 1.8.0. I'm fine either way :) > The question to the community is, is anything missing, or can we start > cutting the RC0 for 1.7.2? > > Kind regards, > Fokko