+1 On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM Steven Wu <stevenz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> +1 > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM Anurag Mantripragada > <amantriprag...@apple.com.invalid> wrote: > >> +1 >> >> Thanks, >> Anurag >> >> On Sep 17, 2025, at 2:38 PM, Szehon Ho <szehon.apa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> +1 >> >> Thanks >> Szehon >> >> On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM Russell Spitzer < >> russell.spit...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> +1. But I'm always on the aggressive side of dropping old releases. >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM Alex Stephen >>> <alexstep...@google.com.invalid> wrote: >>> >>>> +1 to deprecating it. >>>> >>>> Keeping support for Spark 3.4 in Iceberg will encourage users not to >>>> upgrade to a more modern version. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM Kevin Liu <kevinjq...@apache.org> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>> >>>>> I’d like to bring up the topic of deprecating Spark 3.4 in an upcoming >>>>> release. Anton initially suggested this during our previous dev list >>>>> discussion >>>>> <https://lists.apache.org/thread/t0b5dgk1brjx5vs8mogzm2g6kt3byly2> >>>>> about maintaining feature parity across the Spark versions we support for >>>>> 1.10. >>>>> >>>>> Currently, we support two different Spark 3.x versions, 3.4 and 3.5. >>>>> Spark 3.4’s last maintenance release was in October 2024 >>>>> <https://spark.apache.org/releases/spark-release-3-4-4.html>, and it >>>>> is now considered end-of-life <https://endoflife.date/apache-spark>. >>>>> >>>>> What are your thoughts on marking Spark 3.4 as deprecated in 1.11 and >>>>> removing it in 1.12? >>>>> >>>>> For reference, here's the previous discussion thread >>>>> <https://lists.apache.org/thread/plhxdxjty2w3gdg2fzg5dvvv28y20n3g> on >>>>> deprecating Spark 3.3. >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> >>>>> Kevin Liu >>>>> >>>>> >>
