alamb opened a new pull request, #604:
URL: https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/pull/604

   - related to https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/issues/533
   
   ### Rationale for this change
   We recently approved and merged the new ALP encoding into parquet-format
   - https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/issues/533
   
   However, as @divjotarora points out on the mailing list
   - https://lists.apache.org/thread/sb4hq0fw19mo8ssov8v87z5jc738qnfd
   
   We do not yet have a good way to communicate downstream in the ecosystem how 
widely supported it is, and when writers could feel safe enabling ALP encoding
   
   Thus I think we should communicate this more clearly 
   
   ### What changes are included in this PR?
   
   1. Add an annotation to ALP saying it is in "preview"
   2. Define inline what "preview" means 
   
   **Note 1**: There is a [different ongoing 
discussion](https://lists.apache.org/thread/qlf8lg90gqq41lllyy9mk2f0skqvftqj) 
to formalize the notion of "preview" and versioning in Parquet. If this is 
approved / agreed, I think we would move the definition of preview elsewhere
   
   **Note 2**: @divjotarora I think has proposed an alternative of reverting 
the ALP encoding  from parquet-format until we have finalized the above 
versioning discussion.
   
   ### Do these changes have PoC implementations?
   
   No


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