Hi all, I also saw a thread on this topic from Clayton Wohl [1] on this topic, which I'm including in this discussion thread to avoid that it gets lost.
>From my perspective, there's two main ways to get to Java 17: 1. The Flink community agrees that we upgrade Kryo to a later version, which means breaking all checkpoint/savepoint compatibility and releasing a Flink 2.0 with Java 17 support added and Java 8 and Flink Scala API support dropped. This is probably the quickest way, but would still mean that we expose Kryo in the Flink APIs, which is the main reason why we haven't been able to upgrade Kryo at all. 2. There's a contributor who makes a contribution that bumps Kryo, but either a) automagically reads in all old checkpoints/savepoints in using Kryo v2 and writes them to new snapshots using Kryo v5 (like is mentioned in the Kryo migration guide [2][3] or b) provides an offline tool that allows users that are interested in migrating their snapshots manually before starting from a newer version. That potentially could prevent the need to introduce a new Flink major version. In both scenarios, ideally the contributor would also help with avoiding the exposure of Kryo so that we will be in a better shape in the future. It would be good to get the opinion of the community for either of these two options, or potentially for another one that I haven't mentioned. If it appears that there's an overall agreement on the direction, I would propose that a FLIP gets created which describes the entire process. Looking forward to the thoughts of others, including the Users (therefore including the User ML). Best regards, Martijn [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/qcw8wy9dv8szxx9bh49nz7jnth22p1v2 [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread/gv49jfkhmbshxdvzzozh017ntkst3sgq [3] https://github.com/EsotericSoftware/kryo/wiki/Migration-to-v5 On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 8:16 AM Tamir Sagi <tamir.s...@niceactimize.com> wrote: > I agree, there are several options to mitigate the migration from v2 to v5. > yet, Oracle roadmap is to end JDK 11 support in September this year. > > > > ________________________________ > From: ConradJam <jam.gz...@gmail.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2023 4:36 AM > To: d...@flink.apache.org <d...@flink.apache.org> > Subject: Re: [Discussion] - Release major Flink version to support JDK 17 > (LTS) > > EXTERNAL EMAIL > > > > Thanks for your start this discuss > > > I have been tracking this problem for a long time, until I saw a > conversation in ISSUSE a few days ago and learned that the Kryo version > problem will affect the JDK17 compilation of snapshots [1] FLINK-24998 , > > As @cherry said it ruined our whole effort towards JDK17 > > I am in favor of providing an external tool to migrate from Kryo old > version checkpoint to the new Kryo new checkpoint at one time (Maybe this > tool start in flink 2.0 ?), does this tool currently have any plans or > ideas worth discuss > > > I think it should not be difficult to be compatible with JDK11 and JDK17. > We should indeed abandon JDK8 in 2.0.0. It is also mentioned in the doc > that it is marked as Deprecated [2] > > > Here I add that we need to pay attention to the version of Scala and the > version of JDK17 > > > [1] FLINK-24998 IGSEGV in Kryo / C2 CompilerThread on Java 17 > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-24998 > > [2] FLINK-30501 Update Flink build instruction to deprecate Java 8 instead > of requiring Java 11 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-30501 > > Tamir Sagi <tamir.s...@niceactimize.com> 于2023年3月16日周四 00:54写道： > > > Hey dev community, > > > > I'm writing this email to kick off a discussion following this epic: > > FLINK-15736<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-15736>. > > > > We are moving towards JDK 17 (LTS) , the only blocker now is Flink which > > currently remains on JDK 11 (LTS). Flink does not support JDK 17 yet, > with > > no timeline, the reason, based on the aforementioned ticket is the > > following tickets > > > > 1. FLINK-24998 - SIGSEGV in Kryo / C2 CompilerThread on Java 17< > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-24998>. > > 2. FLINK-3154 - Update Kryo version from 2.24.0 to latest Kryo LTS > > version<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-3154> > > > > My question is whether it is possible to release a major version (Flink > > 2.0.0) using the latest Kryo version for those who don't need to restore > > old savepoints/checkpoints in newer format. > > > > 1. Leverage JDK 17 features within JVM > > 2. Moving from the old format to the newer one will be handled only > > once - a mitigation can be achieved by a conversion tool or external > > serializers, both can be provided later on. > > > > I'd like to emphasize that the next JDK LTS (21) will be released this > > September. furthermore, Flink already supports JDK 12-15, which is very > > close to JDK 17 (LTS) - that was released in September 2021. JDK 11 will > > become a legacy soon, as more frameworks moving towards JDK 17 and are > less > > likely to support JDK 11 in the near future. (For example, Spring Boot 3 > > requires JDK 17 already). > > > > Thank you for your consideration of my request. > > > > Tamir. > > > > > > > > > > Confidentiality: This communication and any attachments are intended for > > the above-named persons only and may be confidential and/or legally > > privileged. Any opinions expressed in this communication are not > > necessarily those of NICE Actimize. 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