I need to do another pass on the C++ implementation. I think I saw some other comments on the spec change, which I'm not sure if they are addressed.
On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 7:07 PM Gang Wu <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree that we need to wait for "Make `ColumnMetaData.path_in_schema` > optional". I think it has reached consensus and Ed will start a vote > shortly. > > > Is the ALP change close enough to wait for that too? > > I'm catching up with its progress. Perhaps active contributors and > reviewers can chime in? > > On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 10:00 AM Curt Hagenlocher <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Is the ALP change close enough to wait for that too? > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On May 28, 2026, at 3:10 PM, Micah Kornfield <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > I think if possible landing "Make `ColumnMetaData.path_in_schema` > optional" > > > would be good to avoid a second release soon after. > > > > > >> On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 9:00 AM Gang Wu <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >> Hi all, > > >> > > >> I would like to start a discussion about a parquet-format 2.13.0 > release. > > >> > > >> It has been about 9 months since 2.12.0 was released on August 28, > 2025. > > >> > > >> Since then, we have had some meaningful updates, especially: > > >> > > >> - [PR #514](https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/pull/514) > > >> PARQUET-2249: Introduce IEEE 754 total order & NaN-counts > > >> - [PR #565](https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/pull/565) > GH-506: > > >> Clarify field ordering for partially shredded object union > > >> - [PR #560](https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/pull/560) Update > > >> wording in Geospatial spec > > >> - [PR #562](https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/pull/562) > GH-561: > > >> variant schema examples to use `(VARIANT(1))` > > >> > > >> There are also some open PRs that may be worth waiting for, > especially: > > >> > > >> - [PR #564](https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/pull/564) > GH-563: > > >> Make `ColumnMetaData.path_in_schema` optional > > >> > > >> It looks promising to me, and there is already related implementation > > >> work in arrow-rs, parquet-java, and arrow-cpp. (Thanks Ed!) > > >> > > >> What do people think? > > >> > > >> Thanks, > > >> Gang > > >> >
