Thanks for bringing this up, Arnav! This sounds like a good topic for 0.10.0 or maybe even a 1.0.0 post graduation.
Do we need to deprecate previous versions or drop them completely for this change? In general I am a +1 on this but we need to tease out the details and appropriate release vehicle. On Sun, Dec 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM Arnav Balyan <[email protected]> wrote: > Looks like I used the wrong dev@ address. cc [email protected] > > On Mon, Dec 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM Arnav Balyan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi team, > > > > Just starting a thread to discuss support for Scala 2.13 and > > eventually Spark 4 (which requires scala 2.13) for Livy. With the Spark 4 > > release, it may be a good time to start evaluating compatibility on the > > Livy side as well. > > > > Since this could introduce breaking changes, it may be targeted for a > > future release. The goal is to gauge interest and determine whether Scala > > 2.13/Spark 4 support could be a post 0.9 release modernization effort. > > > > Would love to hear everyone’s thoughts, concerns and suggestions. > > > > Thanks, > > Arnav > > >
