Thanks Huaxin for volunteering. I appreciate your willingness. I can also help volunteering to be a release manager for 4.2 - IMHO it'd be probably good to give committers a shot to gain the experience. But I respect the willingness and I can also wait for the 4.3 release manager or probably bugfix one as well if you mind.
On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 10:59 AM huaxin gao <[email protected]> wrote: > I volunteer to be 4.2 release manager. > > Huaxin > > On Sun, Jan 18, 2026 at 5:37 PM Hyukjin Kwon <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Just a quick headups. I was thinking that it might start this a bit >> earlier to match with quarterly cadence so that, e.g., we can start 4.3 Seq >> or Oct, and 4.4 Dec or Jan. Could we tentatively make it around 2 months >> earlier? e.g., >> >> May 1th 2026 Code freeze. Release branch cut. >> Mid May 2026 QA period. Focus on bug fixes, tests, stability and docs. >> Generally, no new features merged. >> Late May 2026 Release candidates (RC), voting, etc. until final release >> passes >> >> Also, I would like to decide on a release manager too because I would >> need to work closely with the release manager to prepare the future release >> cadence (e.g., fixing the docs and branches). >> >> Would there be any volunteer for 4.2 release manager? >> >> >> On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 at 08:49, Dongjoon Hyun <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thank you, Kent, Yang, and Wenchen. >>> >>> - The PR is merged. >>> - Apache Spark Versioning Policy page is updated with the schedule. >>> - SPARK-54137 is updated with the schedule. >>> >>> Dongjoon. >>> >>> On 2026/01/13 04:52:47 Kent Yao wrote: >>> > +1 >>> > >>> > Kent >>> > >>> > Dongjoon Hyun <[email protected]> 于2026年1月13日周二 09:25写道： >>> > >>> > > Hi all, >>> > > >>> > > As recently agreed under "SPIP: Accelerating Apache Spark Release >>> > > Cadence", Apache Spark 4.2.0 will be the final release following the >>> > > existing release cadence. However, the current Apache Spark >>> Versioning >>> > > Policy page has not yet been updated and still reflects only the >>> delivered >>> > > Spark 4.1 release window. >>> > > >>> > > https://spark.apache.org/versioning-policy.html >>> > > >>> > > I would therefore like to propose updating the Versioning Policy >>> page to >>> > > include the planned release window for Apache Spark 4.2.0, as >>> outlined in >>> > > the following pull request: >>> > > >>> > > https://github.com/apache/spark-website/pull/661 >>> > > >>> > > The proposed timeline for Apache Spark 4.2.0 is as follows: >>> > > >>> > > - July 15, 2026: Code freeze and release branch cut >>> > > - Late July 2026: QA period >>> > > - August 2026: Release candidates (RCs) >>> > > >>> > > For tracking the overall progress of Apache Spark 4.2.0, please >>> refer to >>> > > the umbrella JIRA and its associated subtasks. Ongoing or upcoming >>> JIRA >>> > > issues related to the 4.2.0 release can also be added there. >>> > > >>> > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-54137 >>> > > (SPARK-54137: Prepare Apache Spark 4.2.0) >>> > > >>> > > Feedback and comments would be very welcome. >>> > > >>> > > Thanks, >>> > > Dongjoon >>> > > >>> > >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>>
