Hey folks, Based on the response above, it seems like there's support to fully remove Spark 3.4 and mark it as "End-of-life".
I've added an update on removing Spark 3.4 in the discuss thread, https://lists.apache.org/thread/2ppvhglts8qr5vdwm7wbdb56b9w0ddg4 We will remove Spark 3.4 immediately after the 1.11 release. Best, Kevin Liu On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM Manu Zhang <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 (non-binding) > > When will 1.11 be released? If Spark 4.1 is released earlier, I don't > think we can keep Spark 3.4 when 4.1 is in. > It looks there's no issue based on my draft PR[1] for 4.1 support. Of > course, we can also push 4.1 support to later versions. > > 1. https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14155 > > Best, > Manu > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> +1 (non binding) >> >> I would suggest to keep 3.4 in 1.11 and remove in 1.12. >> A couple of releases of "deprecation" gives enough time to users (one >> release is maybe short). >> >> Regards >> JB >> >> On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM Kevin Liu <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Hey folks, >> > >> > We have just marked Spark 3.4 as "Deprecated", >> https://iceberg.apache.org/multi-engine-support/#apache-spark >> > I would like to start this vote thread to remove Spark 3.4 from the >> repository. This means Spark 3.4 will be considered “End of Life” in the >> upcoming 1.11 release. >> > >> > I’ve gathered feedback from recent contributors to spark/v3.4. All >> (except one) have responded on the Slack thread, and support removing Spark >> 3.4. The last contributor has not yet responded. >> > >> > Please share your thoughts! >> > >> > Best, >> > Kevin Liu >> > >> > >> >
