Thank you Gang and Dongjoon for the feedback and support on the feature freeze.
And special thanks to Dongjoon for volunteering as the release manager. Having Java 25 support will be a great addition to this release. It is exciting to see the 2.x line culminate in such a strong release as we pivot toward 3.0.0. Bests, William On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 7:47 PM Dongjoon Hyun <[email protected]> wrote: > I included ORC-2068 (Upgrade Hadoop to 3.4.3) to Apache ORC 2.3.0 too. > > Dongjoon. > > On 2026/02/22 23:42:41 Dongjoon Hyun wrote: > > I created ``branch-2.3` and bumped `main` branch to 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT. > > > > - ORC-2100 Setting version to 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT > > - ORC-2101 Enable GitHub Action CI in `branch-2.3` > > > > Dongjoon. > > > > On 2026/02/22 18:38:38 Dongjoon Hyun wrote: > > > Thank you for the nice summary and suggestion, William. > > > > > > I'm also +1 for cutting `branch-2.3`. > > > > > > ORC-2068 has been delayed over 1 month since Apache Hadoop 3.4.3 RC0. > Given that it's unclear for me that the Apache Hadoop community has a > pre-defined release schedule, I'm fine to release Apache ORC 2.3 without > Apache Hadoop 3.4.3. AFAIK, this is the last blocker for Java 25 support. > > > > > > I volunteer as the release manager of Apache ORC 2.3.0 and start to > create `branch-2.3` and setup the CIs. If possible, I'll also try to > include ORC-2068. > > > > > > BTW, Apache ORC 2.3 is the last release of 2.x line. The main branch > will be 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT according to our next milestone. > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/orc/milestone/40 > > > > > > Best, > > > Dongjoon. > > > > > > On 2026/02/22 06:25:42 Gang Wu wrote: > > > > This looks good. Thanks Wiillam! > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > Gang > > > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 22, 2026 at 3:27 AM William Hyun <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > > > I would like to propose entering a Feature Freeze for Apache ORC > 2.3 by > > > > > cutting the branch-2.3 release branch. > > > > > > > > > > You can track the progress of the 2.3.0 milestone here: > > > > > https://github.com/apache/orc/milestone/50 > > > > > > > > > > Apache ORC 2.3 will deliver several notable changes and > improvements. > > > > > Here is a summary of the key JIRA issues: > > > > > > > > > > [Pending] > > > > > ORC-2068: Upgrade Hadoop to 3.4.3 > > > > > > > > > > [Completed Features] > > > > > ORC-2075: Support new Lz4Codec based on lz4-java > > > > > ORC-2083: Support XerialSnappyCodec > > > > > ORC-1986: Trigger flush stripe for large input rows > > > > > ORC-2013: [C++] Bump to CMake 3.25+ to use FetchContent > > > > > ORC-2000: [C++] Add support to prefetch small stripes > > > > > ORC-2002: [C++] Improve prefetching stripe > > > > > ORC-1969: [C++] Support async I/O prefetch of next stripe > > > > > > > > > > [Added Test Coverage] > > > > > ORC-2092: Add Ubuntu 26.04 to docker tests and GitHub Action > > > > > ORC-2070: Add OracleLinux 10 to docker tests and GitHub Action > > > > > ORC-2079: Add lz4 codec pool test coverage > > > > > > > > > > [End-of-Support] > > > > > ORC-2099: Remove Ubuntu 22.04 Support > > > > > ORC-2015: Remove Debian 11 Support > > > > > ORC-2072: Remove OracleLinux 8 Support > > > > > ORC-2056: Remove MacOS 14 from GitHub Action CI and docs > > > > > > > > > > Please let me know your thoughts or if there are any concerns > about cutting > > > > > the branch at this time. > > > > > > > > > > Bests, > > > > > William > > > > > > > > > >
