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the best solution is to store the .whl locally and do a pip install of the local whl while server boots up. this will freeze the library version. if you install from the pip it might impact your production work.

When you create a Databricks Runtime 5.5 LTS cluster by using the workspace UI, the default is Python 3. You have the option to specify Python 2. If you use the Databricks REST API to create a cluster using Databricks Runtime 5.5 LTS, the default is ...

We list the OS version in the "Environment" section of each runtime version's release notes. See link to all the runtime release notes here: https://docs.databricks.com/release-notes/runtime/releases.html

Yes You can , write can be issue but read is fine

Yes we can user, here are steps

No, unfortunately Delta Live Tables only supports append. However, Merge is likely to be added in the near future.

Full support for Databricks Runtime versions lasts for six months, with the exception of Long Term Support (LTS) versions, which Databricks supports for two years.https://docs.databricks.com/release-notes/runtime/databricks-runtime-ver.html