> A softer approach would be to let it as it is (1.8) and document > explicitly that we check upwards compatibility with 1.9 and suggest > users to explicitly override the version if required.
Ok, thanks! I think it's the better option. > I have not followed your work on the compatibility tests but I am > curious what is the issue with Avro 1.10? AFAIR Avro 1.10 completely removes the support for joda time and for now Beam makes use of both Avro time interfaces (one of which is removed in 1.10)
