Hi, This discussion and the proposals seem to have gotten very complicated. People not on this mailing list or not doing regular development on Parquet would probably benefit from simplicity. Most people are used to version numbers without worrying about various types of compatibility -- readers can simply state "I can read version 3-7", for example. Users understand this. People writing files can also easily understand "I want to write a version 6 file because version 6 supports feature X that I want." or "I want to write version 7 because it's the latest version."
I don't really care about the details of a solution, but please keep in mind that a more simple solution probably increases accessibility for the widest range of people. -- Andrew Bell [email protected]
