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commit d1fb01549e1b632d6b387d990bf610fbb6ca401a Author: Nic Crane <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Fri Aug 21 09:15:52 2026 +0100 Update NEWS --- r/NEWS.md | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/r/NEWS.md b/r/NEWS.md index 6ad6b038de..19072423d1 100644 --- a/r/NEWS.md +++ b/r/NEWS.md @@ -19,7 +19,50 @@ # arrow 25.0.1 -# arrow 24.0.0 +## Minor improvements and fixes + +- Improved mimalloc memory allocator configuration on macOS (#50428). + +# arrow 25.0.0 + +## Breaking changes + +- Arrow `uint64` types are now always converted to R `double` (numeric) vectors, + regardless of the values. Previously, small `uint64` values were converted to + R `integer`, which could cause inconsistent types within list-columns when + different list elements had different value ranges (#50339). + +## New features + +- `Field` objects now support field-level metadata via `$metadata` and + `$with_metadata()` (@max-romagnoli, #33390). +- Parquet files now support list-columns of ordered factors (ordered + dictionaries) (#49689). + +## Minor improvements and fixes + +- `Array$create()` now gives a clearer error message when given a `POSIXct` + object with an invalid timezone (#40886). +- Dictionary arrays with `large_string` value types now convert correctly to R + factors (#39603). +- `open_dataset()` now gives a clearer error message when providing a mix of + `readr` and Arrow options (@Rich-T-kid, #33420). +- `read_parquet()` no longer triggers a C++ alignment warning from the Acero + source node (#46178). +- `Schema` metadata partial matching on `$metadata$r` no longer errors when + other metadata keys start with "r" (#50163). +- `to_arrow()` now preserves `group_by()` when converting from a dbplyr lazy + table (#40640). +- `write_parquet()` now correctly validates that `max_rows_per_group` is a + positive number (#40742). +- Stale S3 connections no longer cause a segfault during garbage collection + (#50009). +- Spurious warnings are no longer emitted when reading files with custom schema + metadata (#48712). + +## Installation + +- The R package now builds under `r-universe/r-wasm` (#49981). # arrow 24.0.0
