Thank you very much, Damon, for offering your help with this! I will contact you directly about taking over the RM tasks and the possible release process improvements.
Gyorgy On Fri, Oct 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM Damon Cortesi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Gyorgy, > > As the previous RM, happy to help with this process. Feel free to reach > out to me directly. > > I think I also have some old changes I need to dig up to help improve the > build/release process, so will try to find those in the next few days. > > Damon > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM György Gál <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >>>>> >>>>
