- The purpose of an RC is to provide a near-final version for testing and validation, not a fully-fledged release. -
Personally, I tend to wait for the final release, as RCs are primarily valuable for early testers and those who want to help identify last-minute issues. - RC1 is typically followed by a sequence of additional RCs (e.g., RC2, RC3) as needed, until all blockers are resolved and the final release is ready. HTH Dr Mich Talebzadeh, Architect | Data Science | Financial Crime | Forensic Analysis | GDPR view my Linkedin profile <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mich-talebzadeh-ph-d-5205b2/> On Thu, 20 Feb 2025 at 22:20, Jungtaek Lim <kabhwan.opensou...@gmail.com> wrote: > -1 (non-binding) as we have a couple live blockers. > > I know RC1 is mostly for everyone to audit the release artifacts earlier > before everything is ready, but just wanted to make clear that we expect to > have another RC. > > On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM Mich Talebzadeh <mich.talebza...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> +1 >> >> Dr Mich Talebzadeh, >> Architect | Data Science | Financial Crime | Forensic Analysis | GDPR >> >> view my Linkedin profile >> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mich-talebzadeh-ph-d-5205b2/> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, 19 Feb 2025 at 09:31, Wenchen Fan <cloud0...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Please vote on releasing the following candidate as Apache Spark version >>> 4.0.0. >>> >>> The vote is open until February 21 (PST) and passes if a majority +1 PMC >>> votes are cast, with a minimum of 3 +1 votes. >>> >>> [ ] +1 Release this package as Apache Spark 4.0.0 >>> [ ] -1 Do not release this package because ... >>> >>> To learn more about Apache Spark, please see https://spark.apache.org/ >>> >>> The tag to be voted on is v4.0.0-rc1 (commit >>> 860bd5e93d659852c0e80a82d4494d0e9548fde5) >>> https://github.com/apache/spark/tree/v4.0.0-rc1 >>> >>> The release files, including signatures, digests, etc. can be found at: >>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/spark/v4.0.0-rc1-bin/ >>> >>> Signatures used for Spark RCs can be found in this file: >>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/spark/KEYS >>> >>> The staging repository for this release can be found at: >>> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachespark-1475/ >>> >>> The documentation corresponding to this release can be found at: >>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/spark/v4.0.0-rc1-docs/ >>> >>> The list of bug fixes going into 4.0.0 can be found at the following URL: >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/SPARK/versions/12353359 >>> >>> This release is using the release script of the tag v4.0.0-rc1. >>> >>> FAQ >>> >>> ========================= >>> How can I help test this release? >>> ========================= >>> >>> If you are a Spark user, you can help us test this release by taking >>> an existing Spark workload and running on this release candidate, then >>> reporting any regressions. >>> >>> If you're working in PySpark you can set up a virtual env and install >>> the current RC and see if anything important breaks, in the Java/Scala >>> you can add the staging repository to your projects resolvers and test >>> with the RC (make sure to clean up the artifact cache before/after so >>> you don't end up building with a out of date RC going forward). >>> >>
