Hi Jim, Thank you for bringing Fluss to the Python ecosystem!
Since this is the first Python project within Fluss, a few (late) questions from my side around project setup and ecosystem which have not been addressed yet. - What is the minimum Python version that will be supported? In the PoC it seems to be 3.7 [1]. However, Python 3.7 is already end-of-life [2]. Maybe we should opt for 3.9, similar to the Flink Python client [3], to keep potential maintenance overhead low? - What do you think about using uv [4] for package and project management? It is compatible with the maturin build backend and offers integration with tools for linting and static type checking. - I am not sure how much non-generated Python code there will be in the first version (maybe it's even just generated code from PyO3?). But what tools do you plan to use for linting and static type checking? Personally, I would prefer ruff [5] and mypy [6], but people might have different opinions. Thank you. -- Best, MKO [1] https://github.com/naivedogger/Fluss-Python-Client/blob/4a93bcd3c57db1c3ea7022e10106df73c3aff1fd/python-bindings/pyproject.toml#L10 [2] https://devguide.python.org/versions/ [3] https://nightlies.apache.org/flink/flink-docs-master/docs/dev/python/datastream_tutorial/ [4] https://docs.astral.sh/uv/ [5] https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/ [6] https://mypy-lang.org/ On 2025/08/08 12:01:43 Jim Hu wrote: > Hi Fluss community, > I’d like to kick off the public discussion on FIP-11¹, which proposes a > thin PyO3 wrapper around the existing Rust client so that Python users can > read/write Fluss without spinning up a JVM. > > - Goal: Java-SDK parity (streaming & batch reads/writes, DDL, point > queries) but 100 % Pythonic. > - Implementation: PyO3 bridge compiled to a native .so/.pyd; zero-copy, > lock-free, no sockets, no JVM start-up cost. > - Repository: fluss-rust/bindings/python. > > I’ve prototyped a minimal PoC at naivedogger/Fluss-Python-Client at > python-client > <https://github.com/naivedogger/Fluss-Python-Client/tree/python-client> > Looking forward to your thoughts. > Best regards, > Jim > [1] > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLUSS/FIP-11%3A+Fluss+Python+binding+on+Fluss+Rust >
