I’d be +1 (non-binding) for creating an iceberg-format repo. Ideally, we might also retain the commit history (similar to the iceberg-rust DataFusion move recently). I’ve wondered for a while now about appetite for moving to an iceberg-format repo dedicated to spec changes similar to Apache Parquet, thanks for raising this Kurtis.
If not that, then a dedicated changelog in the spec as Kevin suggested sounds like a good idea. Danny From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Reply to: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, 1 October 2026 at 20:59 To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] [DISCUSS] Spec changes in release notes CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you can confirm the sender and know the content is safe. +1 to removing them. Would there be any appetite for making an Iceberg-Format repo that drives the website, holds docs, and where all specification changes are merged into? This way the Java implementation can be separated structurally from the specification changes. On Oct 1, 2026, at 12:21, Kevin Liu <[email protected]> wrote: +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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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
