[FLINK-33417] Update netty version to 4.1.83 for flink-shaded

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: shaded-16.1
• Fix Version/s: shaded-16.2
• Component/s: BuildSystem / Shaded
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Yuxin Tan
• Reporter: Yuxin Tan
• Created: 31/Oct/23 11:57
• Updated: 15/Jan/24 12:40
• Resolved: 03/Nov/23 09:18

Description

In our ARM environment, we encounter a compile error when using Flink 1.17.
(The BE20xxx pic is the error when using 4.1.82. The 09DDxx pic is the pic of compiling successfully after using 4.1.83.)

Flink 1.17 depends on flink-shaded 16.1, which uses netty 4.1.82. However, flink-shaded 16.1 fails to compile in the ARM environment. As a result, we are unable to compile Flink 1.17 due to this issue.

We have tested compiling flink-shaded using netty 4.1.83 or a later version in ARM env, and it can compile successfully.

Taking into consideration the previous discussions regarding compatibility and the dependency of external connectors on this version, I propose addressing the bug by only updating flink-shaded's netty to a minor version (e.g., 4.1.83) rather than backporting FLINK-32032.

To implement the update, maybe a new release of flink-shaded 16.2 needs to be released.

The discussion details is at https://lists.apache.org/thread/y1c8545bcsx2836d9pgfdzj65knvw7kb.

Issue Links

• fixes: FLINK-34092 NettyEpollITCase#testNettyEpoll on arrch64 running fail
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #127