+1, we can retrospectively remove these from
https://iceberg.apache.org/releases/

And perhaps move them to a changelog in https://iceberg.apache.org/spec/

On Thu, Oct 1, 2026 at 11:12 AM Szehon Ho <[email protected]> wrote:

> +1 I also had the same thought while reviewing it.
>
> Thanks
> Szehon
>
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2026 at 12:36 AM Péter Váry <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> During the review of the 1.12.0 release notes, I have realized that we
>> include the spec changes in the java binary release notes, like:
>>
>> - Spec
>>     - Introduce SQL UDF specification (#14117)
>>     - Bring back added-rows in snapshot fields (#14048)
>>     - Clarify restrictions for geometry types in V3 (#14250)
>>
>> I think it is very missleading. The spec changes are released immediately
>> when the voting happens and the PRs merged or when the specific spec
>> version is finalized. There is no connection to the binary java releases
>> there.
>>
>> Shall we stop including them in the java release notes?
>>
>> We can have a different page dedicated to the spec version
>> changes/releases.
>>
>> Thanks, Peter
>>
>

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