Hi all, Would folks be interested in a Spark 3.5.10 release?
In the earlier 4.1.4 discuss thread <https://lists.apache.org/thread/frqlfr9t6z5vs3vfzpdpsth2lmg31hvp>, Uros and I discussed targeting 4.2.1 and 4.1.4 first, then following up on the older branches. Now that those releases and 4.0.5 are out, would this be a good time to revisit 3.5.10? Since 3.5.9 was released on July 16, branch-3.5 has accumulated 36 retained changes, including security hardening and related fixes. The approved proposal to extend Spark 3.5 LTS for security fixes <https://docs.google.com/document/d/15fb-7DNztzpQMF1MQovK75UmpC6um7KgO8cg_X5oa1I/edit> provides security-only support for 3.5.x through November 2027. As the Spark 4.3.0 RC3 vote <https://lists.apache.org/thread/om9p5coq4z6z9rlmtthflo71ddlr2bg7> is currently underway, and this can wait until that vote is finalized. That would give us time to check whether any outstanding security patches also need to be included in 3.5.10 before cutting RC1. Thoughts? As discussed in the thread, happy to help drive the release if there is. Thanks, Szehon
