Hi Romain I'm not in favor of 1.10.2 with Spark 4.1 support.
As I think we are pretty close to having the cleanup/enhancement done on main, by chance, it will be included in 1.11.0, so worth to wait for it. Regards JB On Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 10:06 PM Romain Manni-Bucau <[email protected]> wrote: > @Steven sure, my point was just that delaying Spark 4.1 support to get new > feature can not be the best so branch latest 1.10 tag and just fixing the > 2-3 compilation issues to get a 1.10.2 and Spark 4.1 working can be an > intermediate step. > > let's see next week what Anton comes back with :) > > Romain Manni-Bucau > @rmannibucau <https://x.com/rmannibucau> | .NET Blog > <https://dotnetbirdie.github.io/> | Blog <https://rmannibucau.github.io/> | > Old Blog <http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com> | Github > <https://github.com/rmannibucau> | LinkedIn > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau> | Book > <https://www.packtpub.com/en-us/product/java-ee-8-high-performance-9781788473064> > Javaccino founder (Java/.NET service - contact via linkedin) > > > Le ven. 16 janv. 2026 à 20:28, Steven Wu <[email protected]> a écrit : > >> Romain, patch releases (like 1.10.2) are only for bug fixes. New features >> (like Spark 4.1) would have to happen in minor version releases (like >> 1.11.0) >> >> On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 9:22 AM Romain Manni-Bucau <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Ok, good news Anton, if it is longer than expected (hoping not) maybe a >>> 1.10.2 with the new module be a compromise, impatient to get your feedback >>> next week. >>> >>> Thanks for the hard work. >>> >>> Romain Manni-Bucau >>> @rmannibucau <https://x.com/rmannibucau> | .NET Blog >>> <https://dotnetbirdie.github.io/> | Blog >>> <https://rmannibucau.github.io/> | Old Blog >>> <http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com> | Github >>> <https://github.com/rmannibucau> | LinkedIn >>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau> | Book >>> <https://www.packtpub.com/en-us/product/java-ee-8-high-performance-9781788473064> >>> Javaccino founder (Java/.NET service - contact via linkedin) >>> >>> >>> Le lun. 12 janv. 2026 à 17:54, Anton Okolnychyi <[email protected]> >>> a écrit : >>> >>>> We already have a module for Spark 4.1 in main. That said, Spark 4.1 >>>> has introduced substantial improvements in table lifecycle that should let >>>> us remove some legacy hacks that may cause data correctness issues. Given >>>> that this work may result in some properties being no longer supported, we >>>> can do that only in the first Iceberg release for Spark 4.1. I would >>>> strongly oppose releasing support for Spark 4.1 prior to embracing the new >>>> version framework in DSv2. >>>> >>>> Good news, it still shouldn't take too long. I am working on a >>>> prototype as we speak. It should be available next week. >>>> >>>> - Anton >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> пн, 12 січ. 2026 р. о 07:33 Romain Manni-Bucau <[email protected]> >>>> пише: >>>> >>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>> >>>>> I wonder if you do have some plan to release Iceberg 1.11 (I assume >>>>> next one?) with Spark 4.1 support. >>>>> The datasource v2 API breakage was very localized but is just blocking >>>>> to upgrade and some spark 4.1 features are game changers (like the SQL >>>>> enhancement) so I'm really looking forward being able to move on it with >>>>> iceberg support. >>>>> If you need some help please let me know. >>>>> >>>>> Romain Manni-Bucau >>>>> @rmannibucau <https://x.com/rmannibucau> | .NET Blog >>>>> <https://dotnetbirdie.github.io/> | Blog >>>>> <https://rmannibucau.github.io/> | Old Blog >>>>> <http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com> | Github >>>>> <https://github.com/rmannibucau> | LinkedIn >>>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau> | Book >>>>> <https://www.packtpub.com/en-us/product/java-ee-8-high-performance-9781788473064> >>>>> Javaccino founder (Java/.NET service - contact via linkedin) >>>>> >>>>
