https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Spark-2-official-and-beta/m-p/48601#M48721 <P>It won't be terribly different -- like a maintenance release generally contains a small number of fixes -- but yes you will want to update it in general. You will need the GA version if you want production support, too.</P> Fri, 16 Dec 2016 17:08:01 GMT srowen 2016-12-16T17:08:01Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Spark-2-official-and-beta/m-p/48490#M48720 <P>Hi Cloudera folks:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>The new <A href="http://www.cloudera.com/documentation/spark2/latest/topics/spark2.html" target="_self">official Spark2 release</A> looks identical to the beta version released last month.&nbsp; Any difference to expect if we already have the beta installed?&nbsp; Should we re-install?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Miles</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 16 Sep 2022 10:51:08 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Spark-2-official-and-beta/m-p/48490#M48720 MilesYao 2022-09-16T10:51:08Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Spark-2-official-and-beta/m-p/48601#M48721 <P>It won't be terribly different -- like a maintenance release generally contains a small number of fixes -- but yes you will want to update it in general. You will need the GA version if you want production support, too.</P> Fri, 16 Dec 2016 17:08:01 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Spark-2-official-and-beta/m-p/48601#M48721 srowen 2016-12-16T17:08:01Z