Here is the PR to remove it, https://github.com/apache/polaris/pull/5044. PTAL. Yufei
On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 5:16 PM Yufei Gu <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > We've previously discussed that each Polaris release should only ship the > latest schema version(today we ship all historical schema versions). I > don't remember who first raised this idea, perhaps Dmitri, but I think it's > the right direction. > > One natural prerequisite of only shiping the latest schema would be to > remove the --schema-version option from the bootstrap command[1]. This > option allows users to bootstrap a realm with a historical schema version. > While this may be useful in a few niche cases, I don't think it provides > enough value to justify the added complexity, especially since many new > features are not usable with a historical schema. If people agree, I'd be > happy to submit a PR for this change. > > 1. > https://polaris.apache.org/releases/1.6.0/admin-tool/#bootstrapping-realms-and-principal-credentials > > Yufei >
