apache/iceberg

Remove deprecated methods for 1.12.0

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#16,445 opened on May 20, 2026

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good first issue

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Description

Methods marked with @deprecated ... will be removed in 1.12.0 needs to be removed now since 1.11.0 is released.

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Find all methods annotated with @deprecated and tagged for removal in 1.12.0, then remove them and update any dependent code.
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java
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backenddatabase
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2
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1-3 hours
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