I like that, I think it’s a little tight but if we scope down it should be fine. Our history of trying to do releases in December is not great so getting the first RC out the door before then makes sense to me.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/holdenkarau Fight Health Insurance: https://www.fighthealthinsurance.com/ <https://www.fighthealthinsurance.com/?q=hk_email> Books (Learning Spark, High Performance Spark, etc.): https://amzn.to/2MaRAG9 <https://amzn.to/2MaRAG9> YouTube Live Streams: https://www.youtube.com/user/holdenkarau Pronouns: she/her On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM Dongjoon Hyun <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, All. > > As of now, the Apache Spark Versioning Policy page is a little outdated > because it still shows only the delivered Spark 4.0.0 release window. > > https://spark.apache.org/versioning-policy.html > > Since Apache Spark 4.0.0 was announced on May 23rd, I believe we can > release 4.1.0 after 6 months from that, which means November 23, 2025. > > So, I'd like to propose to update the Apache Spark Versioning Policy page > to show 4.1.0 release windows like the following PR. > > https://github.com/apache/spark-website/pull/627 > > 2025-11-01 Code Freeze. Release branch cut. > 2025-11-15 QA Period. > 2025-11-23 Release candidates (RC) > > For Apache Spark 4.1.0 progress, you can refer to the umbrella JIRA issue > and its subtasks. In addition, you can add your on-going JIRA issues there > too. > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-51166 > (SPARK-51166 Prepare Apache Spark 4.1.0) > > WDYT? > > Thanks, > Dongjoon. >
