Re: [DISCUSS] Upload the Flink Python API 1.9.x to PyPI for user convenience.

Posted by Xingbo Huang on
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Hi Jincheng,

Thanks for driving this.

+1 for this proposal.

Compared to building from source, downloading directly from PyPI will greatly save the development cost of Python users.

Best,

Xingbo

Wei Zhong <[hidden email]> 于2020年2月4日周二 下午12:43写道：

Hi Jincheng,

Thanks for bring up this discussion!

+1 for this proposal. Building from source takes long time and requires a good network environment. Some users may not have such an environment. Uploading to PyPI will greatly improve the user experience.

Best,
Wei

jincheng sun <[hidden email]> 于2020年2月4日周二 上午11:49写道：

Hi folks,

I am very happy to receive some user inquiries about the use of Flink
Python API (PyFlink) recently. One of the more common questions is whether
it is possible to install PyFlink without using source code build. The most
convenient and natural way for users is to use `pip install apache-flink`.
We originally planned to support the use of `pip install apache-flink` in
Flink 1.10, but the reason for this decision was that when Flink 1.9 was
released at August 22, 2019[1], Flink's PyPI account system was not ready.
At present, our PyPI account is available at October 09, 2019 [2](Only PMC
can access), So for the convenience of users I propose:

- Publish the latest release version (1.9.2) of Flink 1.9 to PyPI.
- Update Flink 1.9 documentation to add support for `pip install`.

As we all know, Flink 1.9.2 was just completed released at January 31, 2020
[3]. There is still at least 1 to 2 months before the release of 1.9.3, so
my proposal is completely considered from the perspective of user
convenience. Although the proposed work is not large, we have not set a
precedent for independent release of the Flink Python API(PyFlink) in the
previous release process. I hereby initiate the current discussion and look
forward to your feedback!

Best,
Jincheng

[1]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/4a4d23c449f26b66bc58c71cc1a5c6079c79b5049c6c6744224c5f46%40%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E
[2]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8273a5e8834b788d8ae552a5e177b69e04e96c0446bb90979444deee%40%3Cprivate.flink.apache.org%3E
[3]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra27644a4e111476b6041e8969def4322f47d5e0aae8da3ef30cd2926%40%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E