Hi, We should reconsider using the term "soon" for ASF board as it is subjective with no date (assuming this is an official communication on Wednesday). We ought to say
"Spark 4, the next major release after Spark 3.x, is currently under development. We plan to make a preview version available for evaluation as soon as it is feasible" HTH Mich Talebzadeh, Technologist | Architect | Data Engineer | Generative AI | FinCrime London United Kingdom view my Linkedin profile <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mich-talebzadeh-ph-d-5205b2/> https://en.everybodywiki.com/Mich_Talebzadeh *Disclaimer:* The information provided is correct to the best of my knowledge but of course cannot be guaranteed . It is essential to note that, as with any advice, quote "one test result is worth one-thousand expert opinions (Werner <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun>Von Braun <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun>)". On Mon, 6 May 2024 at 05:09, Dongjoon Hyun <dongjoon.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 for Holden's comment. Yes, it would be great to mention `it` as "soon". > (If Wenchen release it on Monday, we can simply mention the release) > > In addition, Apache Spark PMC received an official notice from ASF Infra > team. > > https://lists.apache.org/thread/rgy1cg17tkd3yox7qfq87ht12sqclkbg > > [NOTICE] Apache Spark's GitHub Actions usage exceeds allowances for ASF > projects > > To track and comply with the new ASF Infra Policy as much as possible, we > opened a blocker-level JIRA issue and have been working on it. > - https://infra.apache.org/github-actions-policy.html > > Please include a sentence that Apache Spark PMC is working on under the > following umbrella JIRA issue. > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-48094 > > Reduce GitHub Action usage according to ASF project allowance > > Thanks, > Dongjoon. > > > On Sun, May 5, 2024 at 3:45 PM Holden Karau <holden.ka...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Do we want to include that we’re planning on having a preview release of >> Spark 4 so folks can see the APIs “soon”? >> >> Twitter: https://twitter.com/holdenkarau >> Books (Learning Spark, High Performance Spark, etc.): >> https://amzn.to/2MaRAG9 <https://amzn.to/2MaRAG9> >> YouTube Live Streams: https://www.youtube.com/user/holdenkarau >> >> >> On Sun, May 5, 2024 at 3:24 PM Matei Zaharia <matei.zaha...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> It’s time for our quarterly ASF board report on Apache Spark this >>> Wednesday. Here’s a draft, feel free to suggest changes. >>> >>> ==================== >>> >>> Description: >>> >>> Apache Spark is a fast and general purpose engine for large-scale data >>> processing. It offers high-level APIs in Java, Scala, Python, R and SQL as >>> well as a rich set of libraries including stream processing, machine >>> learning, and graph analytics. >>> >>> Issues for the board: >>> >>> - None >>> >>> Project status: >>> >>> - We made two patch releases: Spark 3.5.1 on February 28, 2024, and >>> Spark 3.4.2 on April 18, 2024. >>> - The votes on "SPIP: Structured Logging Framework for Apache Spark" and >>> "Pure Python Package in PyPI (Spark Connect)" have passed. >>> - The votes for two behavior changes have passed: "SPARK-44444: Use ANSI >>> SQL mode by default" and "SPARK-46122: Set >>> spark.sql.legacy.createHiveTableByDefault to false". >>> - The community decided that upcoming Spark 4.0 release will drop >>> support for Python 3.8. >>> - We started a discussion about the definition of behavior changes that >>> is critical for version upgrades and user experience. >>> - We've opened a dedicated repository for the Spark Kubernetes Operator >>> at https://github.com/apache/spark-kubernetes-operator. We added a new >>> version in Apache Spark JIRA for versioning of the Spark operator based on >>> a vote result. >>> >>> Trademarks: >>> >>> - No changes since the last report. >>> >>> Latest releases: >>> - Spark 3.4.3 was released on April 18, 2024 >>> - Spark 3.5.1 was released on February 28, 2024 >>> - Spark 3.3.4 was released on December 16, 2023 >>> >>> Committers and PMC: >>> >>> - The latest committer was added on Oct 2nd, 2023 (Jiaan Geng). >>> - The latest PMC members were added on Oct 2nd, 2023 (Yuanjian Li and >>> Yikun Jiang). >>> >>> ==================== >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org >>> >>>
