+1, thanks for the proposal On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 8:13 AM Gyula Fóra <gyula.f...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All! > > @Maximilian Michels <m...@apache.org> has raised the question of Flink > version support in the operator before the last release. I would like to > open this discussion publicly so we can finalize this before the next > release. > > Background: > Currently the Flink Operator supports all Flink versions since Flink 1.13. > While this is great for the users, it introduces a lot of backward > compatibility related code in the operator logic and also adds considerable > time to the CI. We should strike a reasonable balance here that allows us > to move forward and eliminate some of this tech debt. > > In the current model it is also impossible to support all features for all > Flink versions which leads to some confusion over time. > > Proposal: > Since it's a key feature of the kubernetes operator to support several > versions at the same time, I propose to support the last 4 stable Flink > minor versions. Currently this would mean to support Flink 1.14-1.17 (and > drop 1.13 support). When Flink 1.18 is released we would drop 1.14 support > and so on. Given the Flink release cadence this means about 2 year support > for each Flink version. > > What do you think? > > Cheers, > Gyula >
