Hi Aihua, I have requested editor access to the tracking spreadsheet.
I want to flag a "blocker" regarding the upcoming release. During my legal checks, I found that many LICENSE and NOTICE files are outdated; several dependencies need to be documented, while others should be removed. I am particularly concerned about the addition of several new Google dependencies (GAX, Google API, BigQuery client, etc.) in the bundle and runtime artifacts. I currently have two work streams in progress: 1. PR #15449: This PR aims to relax dependency versions to simplify future updates and correct the LICENSE/NOTICE files to accurately reflect what is bundled. It also includes consistency and wording improvements across these files. Please let me know if you would prefer this PR to be split by purpose. 2. Dependency Investigation: I am investigating whether the new Google dependencies are strictly required or if they were unintentionally pulled in through transitivity. In my view, this is a release blocker as the LICENSE and NOTICE files are currently incorrect (from legal standpoint). Regards, JB On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 10:14 PM Aihua Xu <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm using this spreadsheet > <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ydSqC1L210-gny4p1RgvhufRSFlK9PeFWyiTghSqoFk/edit?gid=0#gid=0> > to > track the 1.11.0 release tasks. The P0 items are targeted as required. Let > me know if you see it differently. We will start to build RC after they are > completed. > > Thanks, > Aihua > > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2026 at 5:25 PM Aihua Xu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Want to send out a reminder for the 1.11.0 release. Can you help move >> forward with the tasks targeting the 1.11.0 milestone >> <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/milestone/59>? >> >> Thanks, >> Aihua >> >> On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 9:10 AM Aihua Xu <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yes. Please use the milestone >>> <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/milestone/59> to track the tasks to >>> be included in the 1.11.0 release. I saw many have been added there. >>> Thanks. >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 3:12 AM Manu Zhang <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Shall we remove Spark 3.4 support in 1.11.0? I still see back-port PR >>>> being merged for 3.4 recently[1]. >>>> If it's removed, those efforts are wasted. >>>> >>>> 1. https://github.com/apache/iceberg/commits/main/spark/v3.4 >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Manu >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 3:46 PM Fokko Driesprong <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks Aihua for bringing this up! >>>>> >>>>> Let's use the milestone >>>>> <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/milestone/59> to track what's >>>>> pending for the release. Excited to see these new features being released >>>>> to the public! >>>>> >>>>> Kind regards, >>>>> Fokko >>>>> >>>>> Op wo 7 jan 2026 om 08:38 schreef Péter Váry < >>>>> [email protected]>: >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks Aihua for driving this! >>>>>> >>>>>> I would love to see the File Format API in the 1.11.0 release too. >>>>>> We are near, but still need some reviews! >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Peter >>>>>> >>>>>> Aihua Xu <[email protected]> ezt írta (időpont: 2025. dec. 19., P, >>>>>> 20:38): >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi community, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Following up on the Java 1.11.0 release we discussed during our last >>>>>>> Iceberg community sync. We're targeting an early February 2026 release >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> below are the features currently planned for this release. Please let me >>>>>>> know if you have concerns or any additional feature requests. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - Geo predicates >>>>>>> - REST scan planning >>>>>>> - Flink 2.1 (already in main) >>>>>>> - Add Spark 4.1(https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14155) >>>>>>> - Remove Spark 3.4 >>>>>>> - Drop java 11 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>> Aihua >>>>>>> >>>>>>
