Hi all, I am planning to create "branch-0.9" and set the main version to "0.10.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT".
I will also update the Fix versions from "0.9.0" to (empty) on all open LIVY JIRAs in preparation for the 0.9.0 release. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thanks, Gyorgy On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM György Gál <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>>>>> >>>>>
