Insofar as I can ascertain, this topic has become one of the longest-running threads, with over 70 exchanges, and is now diverging from its initial focus. Given the length and tangential nature of the current discussion, I suggest setting a grace period of six months for volunteers to step forward and actively contribute. If no substantial engagement occurs within this timeframe, we may need to consider closing the project.
Mich Talebzadeh, Architect | Data Engineer | Data Science | Financial Crime PhD <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy> Imperial College London <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_College_London> London, United Kingdom *Disclaimer:* The information provided is correct to the best of my knowledge but of course cannot be guaranteed . It is essential to note that, as with any advice, quote "one test result is worth one-thousand expert opinions (Werner <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun>Von Braun <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun>)". On Sun, 29 Sept 2024 at 21:39, Holden Karau <holden.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: > Since we're getting close to cutting a 4.0 branch I'd like to float the > idea of officially deprecating Graph X. What that would mean (to me) is we > would update the docs to indicate that Graph X is deprecated and it's APIs > may be removed at anytime in the future. > > Alternatively, we could mark it as "unmaintained and in search of > maintainers" with a note that if no maintainers are found, we may remove it > in a future minor version. > > Looking at the source graph X, I don't see any meaningful active > development going back over three years*. There is even a thread on user@ > from 2017 asking if graph X is maintained anymore, with no response from > the developers. > > Now I'm open to the idea that GraphX is stable and "works as is" and > simply doesn't require modifications but given the user thread I'm a little > concerned here about bringing this API with us into Spark 4 if we don't > have anyone signed up to maintain it. > > * Excluding globally applied changes > -- > Twitter: https://twitter.com/holdenkarau > Fight Health Insurance: https://www.fighthealthinsurance.com/ > <https://www.fighthealthinsurance.com/?q=hk_email> > Books (Learning Spark, High Performance Spark, etc.): > https://amzn.to/2MaRAG9 <https://amzn.to/2MaRAG9> > YouTube Live Streams: https://www.youtube.com/user/holdenkarau > Pronouns: she/her >
