+1 for the release HBase connector 4.0 with 1.18 and 1.19 support.
> 2024年10月29日 00:03，Ferenc Csaky <ferenc.cs...@pm.me.INVALID> 写道：
>
> Hi,
>
> Based on this discussion I would like to suggest to move on with
> the originally planned release with the HBase connector 4.0, that
> will support 1.18, and 1.19.
>
> I volunteer to be the release manager.
>
> Thanks,
> Ferenc
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024 at 13:19, Ferenc Csaky
> <ferenc.cs...@pm.me.INVALID> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hi Marton, Yanquan,
>>
>> Thank you for your responses! Regarding the points brought up to
>> discuss:
>>
>> 1. Supporting 1.20 definitely makes sense, but since there is quite
>> a big gap to work down here now, I am not sure it should be done in
>> 1 step. As my understanding, the externalized connector dev model
>> [1] do not explicitly forbid that, but AFAIK there were external
>> connector release that supported 3 different Flink minor versions.
>>
>> In this case, I think technically would be possible, but IMO
>> supporting 3 Flink verisons adds more complexity to maintain. So
>> what I would suggest to release 4.0 with Flink 1.18 and 1.19
>> support, and after that there can be a 4.1 that supports 1.19 and
>> 1.20. 4.0 will only have patch support, probably minimizing Flink
>> version specific problems.
>>
>> 2. Flink 1.17 had no JDK17 support, so those Hadoop related
>> problems should not play a role if something needs to be released
>> that supports 1.17. But if connector 4.0 is released, 3.x versions
>> will not get any new releases (even not patch), cause 1.17 is out
>> of support already.
>>
>> Best,
>> Ferenc
>>
>> [1]
>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/Externalized+Connector+development
>>
>> On Wednesday, 23 October 2024 at 05:19, Yanquan Lv decq12y...@gmail.com
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Feri,
>>> Thank you for bringing up this discussion.
>>> I agree to release a version to bump the newer version of Flink with
>>> partial JDK versions support. I have two points to be discussed.
>>> 1. I have heard many inquiries about supporting higher versions of Flink in
>>> Slack, Chinese communities, etc., and a large part of them hope to use it
>>> on Flink1.20. Should we consider explicitly supporting Flink1.20 on version
>>> 4.0, otherwise users will have to wait for a relatively long release cycle.
>>> 2. Currently supporting Flink1.17 is difficult, but are there any plans to
>>> support it in the future? Do we need to wait for Hadoop related
>>> repositories to release specific versions.
>>>
>>>> 2024年10月22日 19:44，Ferenc Csaky ferenc.cs...@pm.me.INVALID 写道：
>>>>
>>>> Hello devs,
>>>>
>>>> I would like to start a discussion regarding a new HBase connector
>>>> release. Currently, the
>>>> externalized HBase connector has only 1 release: 3.0.0 that supports Flink
>>>> 1.16 and 1.17.
>>>>
>>>> By stating this, it is obvious that the connector is already outdated for
>>>> quite a while. There
>>>> is a long-lasting ticket [1] to release a newer HBase version, which also
>>>> contains a major version
>>>> bump as HBase 1.x support is removed, but covering JDK17 with the current
>>>> Hadoop related
>>>> dependency mix is impossible, because there are parts that do not play
>>>> well with it when you
>>>> try to compile with JDK17+, and there are no runtime tests as well.
>>>>
>>>> Solving that properly will require to bump the HBase, Hadoop, and
>>>> Zookeeper versions as well,
>>>> but that will require more digging and some refactoring, at least on the
>>>> test side.
>>>>
>>>> To cut some corners and move forward I think at this point it would make
>>>> sense to release
>>>> version 4.0 that supports Flink 1.18 and 1.19 but only on top of JDK8 and
>>>> JDK11 just to close the
>>>> current gap a bit. I am thinking about including the limitations in the
>>>> java compat docs [2] to
>>>> highlight users.
>>>>
>>>> WDYT?
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Ferenc
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-35136
>>>> [2]
>>>> https://nightlies.apache.org/flink/flink-docs-release-1.19/docs/deployment/java_compatibility/
