+1. But I'm always on the aggressive side of dropping old releases. On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM Alex Stephen <alexstep...@google.com.invalid> wrote:
> +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 >> >>
