Thank you, Larry, for starting this thread. I will volunteer as Release Manager, however any help is much appreciated because this would be the first time for me. (I did not actively take part in the 0.8.0 release tasks at the time.)
Regarding Java 17 support, I have an open PR at https://github.com/apache/incubator-livy/pull/481 . This change does not drop support for Java 8, but enables running Livy with both versions. (Maybe the deprecation could be done in an upcoming release along with the removal of Spark 2 and Python 2 support and the introduction of Spark 4 support). The reason why the unit tests are currently failing on that PR is that the test Docker image does not contain JDK17, it is this change that adds it. Please let me know your thoughts on whether Java 17 support should be part of the 0.9.0 release and please feel free to comment on the PR as well. Thanks, Gyorgy On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM Arnav Balyan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Larry, > Thank you so much for initiating this. I can help with documentation and > validation for the release if needed. > I'd be happy to contribute to the Java 17 support, it looks very > promising. > > - Arnav > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM larry mccay <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Let's try with the correct dev@ list now! :) >> >> Livy Devs - >> >> We have a number of bug fixes, dependency upgrades and a few impactful >> features available for an 0.9.0 release. >> >> I think that we should also consider whether we want to drop support for >> Java 8 in 0.9.0 or whether we want to wait for another iteration like >> 0.10.0. Since it is a breaking change, we can't really do it in a dot >> release. >> >> We will need a Release Manager volunteer to run through the process and >> potentially work with a previous release manager as needed to help detail >> and document what needs to be done. >> >> Depending on the discussion for Java 8, we can try and target a release >> candidate in a few weeks or a couple months if we are adding Java 17+ >> support. >> >> So, action items: >> >> 1. Need an RM volunteer - @[email protected] <[email protected]> are >> you interested? >> 2. Thoughts on Java 8 deprecation in 0.9.0 >> 3. Timeline for first release candidate >> >> >> What say, you all? >> >> thanks, >> >> —larry >> >> On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM larry mccay <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Livy Devs - >>> >>> We have a number of bug fixes, dependency upgrades and a few impactful >>> features available for an 0.9.0 release. >>> >>> I think that we should also consider whether we want to drop support for >>> Java 8 in 0.9.0 or whether we want to wait for another iteration like >>> 0.10.0. Since it is a breaking change, we can't really do it in a dot >>> release. >>> >>> We will need a Release Manager volunteer to run through the process and >>> potentially work with a previous release manager as needed to help detail >>> and document what needs to be done. >>> >>> Depending on the discussion for Java 8, we can try and target a release >>> candidate in a few weeks or a couple months if we are adding Java 17+ >>> support. >>> >>> So, action items: >>> >>> 1. Need an RM volunteer - @[email protected] >>> <[email protected]> are you interested? >>> 2. Thoughts on Java 8 deprecation in 0.9.0 >>> 3. Timeline for first release candidate >>> >>> >>> What say, you all? >>> >>> thanks, >>> >>> —larry >>> >>
