Hi Andrew,
I do think that a simple solution is what we are after. But the
discussion leading to it might be quite complicated indeed :-)
Regards
Antoine.
Le 12/06/2026 à 16:42, Andrew Bell a écrit :
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.
