Thank you, Wenchen and Hyukjin. BTW, if you can, please provide specific PRs which you are referring to as active.
I can help those PRs as much as possible if I can. For `branch-4.0`, as Hyukjin mentioned, I'm going to create it at midnight PST (Today, 2025-01-15 00:00:00 PST). In other words, we have about 4 hours from now. Dongjoon. On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM Hyukjin Kwon <gurwls...@apache.org> wrote: > one alternative would be to cut the branch at midnight in PST as > relatively more commits are coming in daytime in PST. > > On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 at 12:12, Hyukjin Kwon <gurwls...@apache.org> wrote: > >> Yeah, I agree that cutting in the middle of week, e.g., commits are being >> merged, it might cause some confusions which branch committers should >> target for a while. >> >> If we're all happy with that, I am fine going ahead as scheduled. >> >> On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 at 12:03, Wenchen Fan <cloud0...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I don’t have a strong preference, as people can backport whatever they >>> need to the 4.0 branch before February 1. My intention was to avoid >>> interrupting others’ work in the middle of a week when PRs are actively >>> being merged, and I thought the weekend would be a better time. However, >>> I’m fine with either way. >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM Dongjoon Hyun <dongjoon.h...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, Wenchen. >>>> >>>> I'd not delay the branch cut. We had better stick to our plan and those >>>> week days to stablize branch-4.0. >>>> >>>> If you are busy, I'm going to cut the branch on schedule (2015-01-15) >>>> and help the on-going PR reviews. >>>> >>>> As you mentioned, we don't block feature backportings. There is no >>>> reason to break the community schedule. >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> Dongjoon >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 17:52 Wenchen Fan <cloud0...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> According to the schedule >>>>> <https://spark.apache.org/versioning-policy.html>, the 4.0 branch cut >>>>> is set for January 15. I plan to cut the branch at the end of this week so >>>>> that folks can have a few more working days to complete the ongoing work. >>>>> >>>>> Note: While we can still merge PRs to the 4.0 branch after the cut, >>>>> code freeze will begin on February 1. After that date, only bug fixes can >>>>> be backported. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Wenchen >>>>> >>>>
