I'm close to making the first release candidate. The issues we saw in Hive have been cleared up.
I'm going to commit https://github.com/apache/incubator-calcite/pull/86 and https://github.com/apache/incubator-calcite/pull/79 (both just doc, so won't impact stability). And I'll need to write release notes. Jesus, I'd like to commit https://github.com/apache/incubator-calcite/pull/78 but I need a test case. In join.oq would be the best place. I'll look at https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CALCITE-259, https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CALCITE-712 and commit them if they're ready. Other pull requests https://github.com/apache/incubator-calcite/pulls or jira cases tagged "next"[1] don't look ready. Correct me if I've missed something. Julian [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20CALCITE%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%20%22next%22%20
