+1 to deprecating it. Keeping support for Spark 3.4 in Iceberg will encourage users not to upgrade to a more modern version.
On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM Kevin Liu <kevinjq...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I’d like to bring up the topic of deprecating Spark 3.4 in an upcoming > release. Anton initially suggested this during our previous dev list > discussion > <https://lists.apache.org/thread/t0b5dgk1brjx5vs8mogzm2g6kt3byly2> about > maintaining feature parity across the Spark versions we support for 1.10. > > Currently, we support two different Spark 3.x versions, 3.4 and 3.5. Spark > 3.4’s last maintenance release was in October 2024 > <https://spark.apache.org/releases/spark-release-3-4-4.html>, and it is > now considered end-of-life <https://endoflife.date/apache-spark>. > > What are your thoughts on marking Spark 3.4 as deprecated in 1.11 and > removing it in 1.12? > > For reference, here's the previous discussion thread > <https://lists.apache.org/thread/plhxdxjty2w3gdg2fzg5dvvv28y20n3g> on > deprecating Spark 3.3. > > Best, > > Kevin Liu > >
