Thanks Xiao, Rich, and everyone for reviewing. This vote fails. I'll roll RC2.
The four correctness fixes raised by Xiao are already merged to branch-4.2. On the missing LICENSE files in the PySpark and SparkR source tarballs (SparkR_4.2.0.tar.gz, pyspark-4.2.0.tar.gz, pyspark_client-4.2.0.tar.gz, pyspark_connect-4.2.0.tar.gz): thanks Rich for catching this. It's a valid issue, but it is not new in 4.2 -- I checked the published 4.0.0 and 4.1.0 artifacts and they are missing the top-level LICENSE/NOTICE as well, so this is a long-standing packaging gap rather than a 4.2 regression. I'll file a JIRA and fix the packaging (add LICENSE/NOTICE to the PySpark sdists and the SparkR package) so it's addressed in RC2. I'll send out RC2 once the packaging fix is in. Thanks, Huaxin On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 8:22 AM Rich Bowen <[email protected]> wrote: > -1 non-binding > > SparkR_4.2.0.tar.gz lacks a LICENSE file > > pyspark-4.2.0.tar.gz also lacks a LICENSE file > > pyspark_client-4.2.0 also lacks a LICENSE file > > pyspark_connect-4.2.0 also lacks a LICENSE file > > --Rich > > On 2026/06/09 04:13:14 [email protected] wrote: > > Please vote on releasing the following candidate as Apache Spark version > 4.2.0. > > > > The vote is open until Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:13:13 PDT and passes if a > majority +1 PMC votes are cast, with > > a minimum of 3 +1 votes. > > > > [ ] +1 Release this package as Apache Spark 4.2.0 > > [ ] -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 v4.2.0-rc1 (commit 47782ed646b): > > https://github.com/apache/spark/tree/v4.2.0-rc1 > > > > The release files, including signatures, digests, etc. can be found at: > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/spark/v4.2.0-rc1-bin/ > > > > Signatures used for Spark RCs can be found in this file: > > https://downloads.apache.org/spark/KEYS > > > > The staging repository for this release can be found at: > > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachespark-1521/ > > > > The documentation corresponding to this release can be found at: > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/spark/v4.2.0-rc1-docs/ > > > > The list of bug fixes going into 4.2.0 can be found at the following URL: > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/SPARK/versions/12356380 > > > > 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 via "pip install > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/spark/v4.2.0-rc1-bin/pyspark-4.2.0.tar.gz > " > > and see if anything important breaks. > > In the Java/Scala, you can add the staging repository to your project's > resolvers and test > > with the RC (make sure to clean up the artifact cache before/after so > > you don't end up building with an out of date RC going forward). > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe e-mail: [email protected] > >
