+1 (non binding) So exciting!
On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM Micah Kornfield <emkornfi...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 (binding) > > Thanks Aihua for driving this and everyone else that contributed to it. > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM Fokko Driesprong <fo...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > +1 (binding) > > > > Thanks for getting this in Aihua! > > > > Kind regards, > > Fokko > > > > Op wo 20 aug 2025 om 20:26 schreef Aihua Xu <aihu...@gmail.com>: > > > > > Hi community, > > > > > > I’d like to follow up on our community sync to proceed with finalizing > > the > > > variant spec. > > > > > > Per the Parquet specification requirements, two reference > implementations > > > are needed to finalize the Variant logical type. Both Java and Go > > > implementations now support variant encoding and shredding. > > > > > > Java already has the encoding and shredding implementations in place: > > > apache/parquet-java#3197 < > > https://github.com/apache/parquet-java/pull/3197 > > > > > > > apache/parquet-java#3202 < > > https://github.com/apache/parquet-java/pull/3202 > > > > > > > apache/parquet-java#3223 > > > <https://github.com/apache/parquet-java/issues/3223> > > > apache/parquet-java#3211 > > > <https://github.com/apache/parquet-java/issues/3211> > > > > > > Go also includes encoding and shredding support: > > > apache/arrow-go#344 <https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/344> > > > apache/arrow-go#434 <https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/434> > > > > > > In addition, we have also completed cross-language validations between > > the > > > Java and Go implementations (PR#3258 > > > <https://github.com/apache/parquet-java/pull/3258> and PR#455 > > > <https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/455>) to confirm > compatibility > > > and > > > make sure that the specs can be interpreted consistently. Rust has also > > > validated against the Variant test suites in PR#8104 > > > <https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/8104>. > > > > > > Given this progress, I propose that we remove the "under development" > > notes > > > from the documentation and move forward with finalizing the > > specifications > > > (PR > > > #509 <https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/pull/509>). > > > This vote will be open for at least 72 hours. > > > > > > [ ] +1 Finalize Varint and Shredding Spec > > > [ ] +0 > > > [ ] -1 Do not release this because... > > > > > >
