Hi Spark Devs, Spark 2.1 has been out since end of December <http://apache-spark-developers-list.1001551.n3.nabble.com/ANNOUNCE-Announcing-Apache-Spark-2-1-0-td20390.html> and we've got quite a few fixes merged for 2.1.1 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-18281?jql=project%20%3D%20SPARK%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%202.1.1%20ORDER%20BY%20updated%20DESC%2C%20priority%20DESC%2C%20created%20ASC> .
On the Python side one of the things I'd like to see us get out into a patch release is a packaging fix (now merged) before we upload to PyPI & Conda, and we also have the normal batch of fixes like toLocalIterator for large DataFrames in PySpark. I've chatted with Felix & Shivaram who seem to think the R side is looking close to in good shape for a 2.1.1 release to submit to CRAN (if I've miss-spoken my apologies). The two outstanding issues that are being tracked for R are SPARK-18817, SPARK-19237. Looking at the other components quickly it seems like structured streaming could also benefit from a patch release. What do others think - are there any issues people are actively targeting for 2.1.1? Is this too early to be considering a patch release? Cheers, Holden -- Cell : 425-233-8271 Twitter: https://twitter.com/holdenkarau
