As no concerns are raised, I'll update the wiki page. Best,
Xintong On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 5:31 PM Xintong Song <tonysong...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi devs, > > We have been evaluating the 3 TBD items from the Imperative API section of > the release 2.0 work items [1]. > 1. Refactor the API modules > 2. Refactor context-like APIs > 3. Convert user-facing concrete classes into interfaces. > > *We propose to remove 1 & 3 from the list *(3 seems subsumed by 1). > FLIP-321[2] requires us to provide a smooth migration path for significant > API changes. For these 2 items, that pretty much means what the other item > "Introduce a MVP for a new ProcessFunction API" is doing, which can hardly > be as stable as for the users to migrate from the current DataStream API. > We don't see any other good ways to solely refactor the modules or hide > StreamOperator from users without introducing significant breaking changes. > Therefore, to resolve these issues, we probably should wait for the > ProcessFunction API to be ready and replace DataStream API in the next > major release (3.0). > > *We propose to make 2 a nice-to-have item of release 2.0. *IMHO, this is > something small enough to provide a smooth migration path, with the benefit > of simplifying the codebase, improving the maintainability and > extensibility. However, it's not super critical, and it should also be fine > if we postpone it to the next major release (3.0) together with other API > breaking changes. > > These changes do not involve the must-have items, thus should not require > another vote. But still, I'd rather not update the wiki page silently, and > would like to hear if anyone has different opinions about this. > > Looking forward to your feedback. > > Best, > > Xintong > > > [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/2.0+Release > > [2] > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP-321%3A+Introduce+an+API+deprecation+process > >
