[FLINK-13991] Add git exclusion for 1.9+ features to 1.8

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.8.3
• Component/s: Build System
• Assignee: Chesnay Schepler
• Reporter: Chesnay Schepler
• Created: 06/Sep/19 10:07
• Updated: 13/Apr/21 20:41
• Resolved: 16/Oct/19 13:24

Description

Switching from 1.9+ to 1.8 is kind of a pain since git picks up various files from later versions as new files, including:

• the zip file of flink-python
• the entire new WebUI
• the copy of the old WebUI
• some generated classes in flink-parquet

This isn't problematic in that sense, but just inconvenient.