These two performance PRs could be good to include. They both have open questions, but hopefully could be resolved.
https://github.com/apache/parquet-java/pull/3395. "Cache FileStatus in Footer" https://github.com/apache/parquet-java/pull/3467 "Improve RunLengthBitPackingHybridDecoder.readNext" On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 9:50 AM Gang Wu <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Fokko for initiating this! > > I was thinking of including [1] as its vote thread [2] is about to > close. However, since releasing a new version of the Parquet format > and reviewing the Java PoC still requires time, I'm fine with skipping > it. > > [1] https://github.com/apache/parquet-java/pull/3393 > [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread/h0k0hqo0sojqphnbnrkp8b0gmwdzq9on > > Best, > Gang > > On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 10:04 PM Aaron Niskode-Dossett via dev > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I don't have the github access to add it to the issue, but I would > suggest > > this PR (full disclosure, it's my PR). > > > > https://github.com/apache/parquet-java/pull/3378 > > > > On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 7:17 AM Fokko Driesprong <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > It has been a while since the last major release, and I would suggest > > > doing the 1.18.0 release since a lot of work has been accumulated since > > > then. Besides then, it is way past the quarterly release cycle that we > > > suggest on the website[1]. > > > > > > Please use this thread to share what we needs to be include in 1.18.0. > We > > > can use the milestone[2] to track the progress. > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > Fokko > > > > > > [1] > > > > https://parquet.apache.org/docs/contribution-guidelines/releasing/#release-cadence > > > [2] https://github.com/apache/parquet-java/milestone/34 > > > > > > > > > -- > > Aaron Niskode-Dossett, Data Engineering -- Etsy > -- Aaron Niskode-Dossett, Data Engineering -- Etsy
