in-line: On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 6:04 PM John Zhuge <[email protected]> wrote:
> +1, I think this is a good idea. > > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 4:52 PM Dongjoon Hyun <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, Holden. >> >> Are you proposing to extend all future LTSs or just 3.5.x LTS? >> > I'm focused on 3.5 for now, I think we'll find out if our new frequent release cadence makes upgrades easier for people. > >> When we have a major release and its LTS every year from 2027, could you >> give us next 3 year examples of your future release plans based on the >> existing "SPIP: Accelerating Apache Spark Release Cadence" policy and your >> new proposal together? > > I'm not yet saying that I think we should add a security-only period to the end of all future major releases, although it is a very natural extension of my suggestion so thanks for asking :) Personally I think we'll see what the upgrade cycle and support cycle looks like with the new SPIP and depending on how 3.5 security only fixes and how the yearly LTS releases go we can evaluate something further down the line. I could see us adding a security updates only period to the LTS releases though but I do want to do a trial with 3.5 where we've already got vendors committed to supporting it (albiet commercially). > >> Dongjoon. >> >> On 2026/01/09 00:17:45 huaxin gao wrote: >> > +1 for extending LTS with security-only fixes for an additional 24 >> months. >> > >> > On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 3:28 PM Mridul Muralidharan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > > >> > > +1 for security fixes. >> > > >> > > Regards, >> > > Mridul >> > > >> > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 3:52 PM Holden Karau <[email protected]> >> > > wrote: >> > > >> > >> Hi Folks, >> > >> >> > >> I'd like to float the idea of extending our LTS release support >> period >> > >> for security fixes. In practice we've seen most vendors support the >> LTS >> > >> releases long past the official OSS support window. This went on for >> a >> > >> super long time with 2.4, and even in 3.5 we see much longer vendor >> LTS >> > >> periods support of 3.5 in Databricks dropping in 2028, Amazon in >> 2027, >> > >> etc. If 2.4 is any indication, these might slip out even longer. >> > >> >> > >> If we did security-only fixes for an additional 24 months after the >> end >> > >> of bug-fix period, it would let us poll our resources for security >> > >> maintenance. >> > >> >> > >> Cheers, >> > >> >> > >> Holden >> > >> >> > >> -- >> > >> 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 >> > >> >> > > >> > >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe e-mail: [email protected] >> >> > > -- > John Zhuge > -- 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
