Tallying up the results above, +1, 9 binding and 8 non-binding no 0 or -1 votes The vote passes.
I'll coordinate with folks to remove Spark 3.4 after the 1.11 release. Best, Kevin Liu On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 11:28 AM Kevin Liu <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>> > >>> > >>> >>
