I did some historical digging on this. Whilst both preview release and RCs are pre-release versions, the main difference lies in their maturity and readiness for production use. Preview releases are early versions aimed at gathering feedback, while release candidates (RCs) are nearly finished versions that undergo final testing and voting before the official release.
So in our case, we have two options: 1. Skip mentioning of the Preview and focus on "We are intending to gather feedback on version 4 by releasing an earlier version to the community for look and feel feedback, especially focused on APIs 2. Mention Preview in the form. "There will be a Preview release with the aim of gathering feedback from the community focused on APIs" IMO Preview release does not require a formal vote. Preview releases are often considered experimental or pre-alpha versions and are not expected to meet the same level of stability and completeness as release candidates or final releases. 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 14:10, Mich Talebzadeh <mich.talebza...@gmail.com> wrote: > @Wenchen Fan <cloud0...@gmail.com> > > Thanks for the update! To clarify, is the vote for approving a specific > preview build, or is it for moving towards an RC stage? I gather there is a > distinction between these two? > > > 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 13:03, Wenchen Fan <cloud0...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The preview release also needs a vote. I'll try my best to cut the RC on >> Monday, but the actual release may take some time. Hopefully, we can get it >> out this week but if the vote fails, it will take longer as we need more >> RCs. >> >> On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 7:22 AM 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 >>>>> >>>>>
