Hi, My only concern is that the following will break users. I would suggest the default be true, so no-one breaks, then change the default on the next Flink version change.
table.exec.legacy-bytes-to-string-cast = true (default: false) Kind regards, David. From: Ferenc Csaky <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, 1 April 2026 at 15:43 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Re: [VOTE] FLIP-568: Strict BYTES-to-STRING CAST with UTF-8 Validation Utilities +1 (binding) Best, Ferenc On Wednesday, April 1st, 2026 at 13:51, Sergey Nuyanzin <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 (binding) > > Best regards, > Sergey > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2026, 09:57 Martijn Visser <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +1 (binding). Thanks! > > > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2026 at 3:58 AM Xuyang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > +1 (binding) > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Best！ > > > Xuyang > > > > > > > > > > > > 在 2026-03-30 22:08:43，"Ramin Gharib" <[email protected]> 写道： > > > >Hi Gustavo, > > > > > > > >Thanks for driving this, +1 (non-binidng) > > > > > > > >Cheers, > > > > > > > >Ramin > > > > > > > >On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 3:43 PM Gustavo de Morais < > > [email protected] > > > > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > >> Hi everyone, > > > >> > > > >> I'd like to initiate the vote for FLIP-568: Strict BYTES-to-STRING > > CAST > > > >> with UTF-8 Validation Utilities [1]. > > > >> > > > >> The discussion thread [2] has received positive feedback and the > > > >> proposal is ready for a formal vote - thanks for the discussion! The > > > vote > > > >> will be open for at least > > > >> 72 hours. > > > >> > > > >> Kind regards, > > > >> Gustavo > > > >> > > > >> [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/34k8G > > > >> [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread/wxwm52fr98ryckp0wwjbpy0v46j6omhr > > > >> > > > > > > Unless otherwise stated above: IBM United Kingdom Limited Registered in England and Wales with number 741598 Registered office: Building C, IBM Hursley Office, Hursley Park Road, Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2JN
