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On Mon, Jun 8, 2026 at 10:28 PM Micah Kornfield <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I also think it is reasonable to start a release.
>
> Thanks,
> Micah
>
> On Friday, June 5, 2026, Fokko Driesprong <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Sounds good, Gang. No objections from my end. Thanks for running this!
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Fokko
> >
> > On 2026/06/05 03:23:55 Gang Wu wrote:
> > > It seems that the work on making `ColumnMetaData.path_in_schema`
> > optional
> > > still needs more discussion as per [1], so I'm inclined not to wait for
> > it
> > > for the 2.13.0 release.
> > >
> > > Regarding Ismaël's comment [2], I don't think it changes any spec, so
> it
> > > should not block the release and reviewers need more time to read them.
> > >
> > > If there are no objections, I will create a Release Candidate (RC) next
> > > week.
> > >
> > > [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/gm7btrgvprdbrh8c5nv061f402txo0vt
> > > [2] https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/pull/572
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Gang
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2026 at 11:38 PM Ismaël Mejía <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I just wanted to mention that, as part of my ongoing AI
> explorations, I
> > > > opened a PR fixing minor issues such as orthography, grammar, and
> some
> > > > snippet errors.
> > > >
> > > > It’s a small PR (~200 lines), so it should be quick to review and,
> > > > hopefully, make it into the next release.
> > > > https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/pull/572
> > > >
> > > > Best,
> > > > Ismaël
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 11:06 AM Fokko Driesprong <[email protected]>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > +1 for the release
> > > > >
> > > > > I got a small one to bump to the latest version of Thrift to
> supress
> > a
> > > > > CVE: https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/pull/570
> > > > >
> > > > > I don't think we should block releases for format since they are
> > pretty
> > > > > ligthtweight and might unblock downstream consumers.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Fokko
> > > > >
> > > > > On 2026/05/29 02:40:14 Micah Kornfield wrote:
> > > > > > 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
> > > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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