Thank you for driving this Martijn Probably one more thing to update: docs for Flink release where it is explicitly mentioned that version should be 3.8.6
Best regards, Sergey On Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 11:01 Martijn Visser <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've opened a PR [1] for this, I'll wait for a couple more days if > anyone has any objections on this before merging it. > > Sergey rightfully asked if we'll also fix this for flink-shaded, I'll > look into that too. > David, we won't backport this indeed and we would target the next > Flink minor version release. > > Thanks, Martijn > > [1] https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/29009 > > Op wo 19 aug 2026 om 12:21 schreef Sergey Nuyanzin <[email protected]>: > > > > +1, it will also allow to have incremental build(at least locally) > without > > extra hacks. > > > > Best regards, > > Sergey > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2026, 11:49 David Radley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > +1 > > > 3.8.6 is end of life, so 3.9 looks like a sensible upgrade. I assume we > > > will not back port. Is this targeting the next Flink 2 point release or > > > Flink 3? > > > > > > Kind regards, David. > > > > > > From: David Anderson <[email protected]> > > > Date: Tuesday, 18 August 2026 at 23:17 > > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [DISCUSS] Bump the build/enforced Maven version > > > from 3.8.6 to 3.9.x > > > > > > +1 I can only see upsides to this, but I could be missing something. > > > > > > I believe we ended up on 3.8.6 because that was the newest version that > > > Chesnay deemed trustworthy at the time of the last maven upgrade [1]. > > > > > > [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/jbw3lzzoq5w16ckco3fc9xokycs3f22x > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 7:07 AM Gabor Somogyi < > [email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > +1 from my side. > > > > Just for my own understanding why we've stuck with such an old maven? > > > > For me it's always a pain to have such an old version. > > > > > > > > G > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 2:25 PM Martijn Visser < > [email protected] > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > I'd like to propose moving Flink's build from the currently pinned > > > > > Maven 3.8.6 to the Maven 3.9 line (3.9.16). This was left for "a > > > > > separate discussion" when we adopted Apache Parent POM 35 in > > > > > FLINK-39427 [1] > > > > > > > > > > I'd propose to move it because: > > > > > - Maven 3.8.6 (2022) is aging; 3.9.x is the current stable 3.x line > > > > > and a prerequisite for future Apache Parent POM upgrades (36+). > > > > > - It moves us onto Maven's "consumer POM" model behavior that > > > > > anticipates Maven 4. > > > > > > > > > > I've ran a sample/local red/green diff of 3.8.6 version 3.9.16, > > > > > building flink-s3-fs-hadoop -am on JDK 17 and 11, the full > flink-dist > > > > > -am reactor on JDK 17, and a -Prelease build on > > > > > Java 11 to match how releases are actually cut. > > > > > > > > > > Both are building cleanly on JDK 17 and 11, the shaded uber-jars > seem > > > > > to be byte-identical in contents and the aggregated NOTICE files > also > > > > > seem identical, except the manifest "Created-By" changes. The only > > > > > change I saw is that the flink-parent pom inlines the release > profile > > > > > plugin config, while 3.9 emits the pom with re-inlining them. > Perhaps > > > > > there will be more issues when opening a PR, but from a first > glance > > > > > it seemed to be OK locally. > > > > > > > > > > While running the tests I did see that there is a warning about > > > > > gpgArguments, which now surfaces. I'll file a separate Jira on > this, > > > > > it's because of the maven-gpg-plugin version we're using. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > Martijn > > > > > > > > > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-39427 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Unless otherwise stated above: > > > > > > IBM United Kingdom Limited > > > Registered in England and Wales with number 741598 > > > Registered office: Building C, IBM Hursley Office, Hursley Park Road, > > > Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2JN > > > >
