+1 Thanks, Anurag
> On Sep 17, 2025, at 2:38 PM, Szehon Ho <szehon.apa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > +1 > > Thanks > Szehon > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM Russell Spitzer <russell.spit...@gmail.com > <mailto:russell.spit...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> +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 >>> <mailto: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 >>>> >>>>
