Hi Colin, thanks for pointing out this gap in the docs! I created FLINK-8303 [1] to extend the table and updated the release process documentation [2] to update the page for new releases.
Thank you, Fabian [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-8303 [2] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/Creating+a+Flink+Release#CreatingaFlinkRelease-Reviewandupdatedocumentation 2017-12-21 6:03 GMT+01:00 Colin Williams <colin.williams.seat...@gmail.com>: > Hi Kien, > > Thanks for the feedback. I wasn't certain regarding compatibility between > jars. I did version bump the flink libraries and the application did start. > Just curious if the previous jar still worked without upgrading. > > Regarding the savepoint table. Someone should probably add 1.4 information > for consistency. > > > Thanks, > > Colin Williams > > > On Dec 20, 2017 8:16 PM, "Kien Truong" <duckientru...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Colin, >> >> Did you try to rebuild the application with Flink 1.4 ? You cannot just >> take a jar build with 1.3 and run it on 1.4 cluster. Afaik, Flink doesn't >> make any guarantee about binary compatibility between major releases, so >> you always have to recompile your application code when you upgrade the >> cluster. >> >> Also, the compatibility table you mentioned is only applicable to save >> point, not application code. >> >> Best regards, >> Kien >> >> Sent from TypeApp <http://www.typeapp.com/r?b=11479> >> On Dec 21, 2017, at 09:06, Colin Williams <colin.williams.seattle@gmail. >> com> wrote: >>> >>> I recently tried to launch our application 1.3 jars against a 1.4 >>> cluster. I got a java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: >>> org/apache/flink/streaming/api/checkpoint/CheckpointedRestoring when I >>> tried to run our 1.3 flink application against 1.4 . >>> >>> Then I googled around and didn't see a mention of 1.4 in the >>> compatibility table: https://ci.apache.org/projects >>> /flink/flink-docs-release-1.4/ops/upgrading.html#compatibility-table >>> >>> Does 1.4 break compatibility? Maybe the 1.4 docs should be updated to >>> reflect that? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Colin Williams >>> >>
