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commit 2b55bb3a31656ad298ca8a6e48484c520daadf88
Author: Dongjoon Hyun <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Jul 2 03:02:41 2021 -0700

    Add news for 1.6.9
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@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@
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committer</option>
@@ -287,6 +289,10 @@ together with the Java implementation.</p>
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href="https://downloads.apache.org/orc/KEYS";>Dongjoon Hyun (34F0FC5
     <h4>Recent Releases</h4>
     <ul>
       
+      <li class="">
+        <a href="/news/2021/07/02/ORC-1.6.9/">Version 1.6.9</a>
+      </li>
+      
       <li class="current">
         <a href="/news/2021/05/21/ORC-1.6.8/">Version 1.6.8</a>
       </li>
@@ -292,10 +298,6 @@ signed by <a 
href="https://downloads.apache.org/orc/KEYS";>Dongjoon Hyun (34F0FC5
         <a href="/news/2020/10/01/ORC-1.6.5/">Version 1.6.5</a>
       </li>
       
-      <li class="">
-        <a href="/news/2020/09/30/ORC-1.5.12/">Version 1.5.12</a>
-      </li>
-      
     </ul>
     <h4>Other News</h4>
     <ul>
@@ -303,6 +305,8 @@ signed by <a 
href="https://downloads.apache.org/orc/KEYS";>Dongjoon Hyun (34F0FC5
         
         
         
+        
+        
         <li class="">
           <a href="/news/2021/04/13/add-william/">William Hyun added as 
committer</a>
         </li>
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b/news/2021/07/02/ORC-1.6.9/index.html
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copy to news/2021/07/02/ORC-1.6.9/index.html
index 4b6c25c..c1e82c3 100644
--- a/news/2020/12/10/ORC-1.6.6/index.html
+++ b/news/2021/07/02/ORC-1.6.9/index.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <html lang="en-US">
 <head>
   <meta charset="UTF-8">
-  <title>ORC 1.6.6 Released</title>
+  <title>ORC 1.6.9 Released</title>
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1">
   <meta name="generator" content="Jekyll v3.8.6">
   <link rel="stylesheet" 
href="//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato:300,300italic,400,400italic,700,700italic,900">
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@
     <option value="/news/">Home</option>
     <optgroup label="v1.x">
       
+      <option value="/news/2021/07/02/ORC-1.6.9/">ORC 1.6.9 Released</option>
+      
       <option value="/news/2021/05/21/ORC-1.6.8/">ORC 1.6.8 Released</option>
       
       <option value="/news/2021/04/13/add-william/">William Hyun added as 
committer</option>
@@ -211,8 +213,8 @@
       <div class="unit four-fifths">
         <article>
   <h2>
-    ORC 1.6.6 Released
-    <a href="/news/2020/12/10/ORC-1.6.6/" class="permalink" 
title="Permalink">∞</a>
+    ORC 1.6.9 Released
+    <a href="/news/2021/07/02/ORC-1.6.9/" class="permalink" 
title="Permalink">∞</a>
   </h2>
   <span class="post-category">
     <span class="label">
@@ -221,7 +223,7 @@
   </span>
   <div class="post-meta">
     <span class="post-date">
-      10 Dec 2020
+      02 Jul 2021
     </span>
     <a href="https://people.apache.org/~dongjoon"; class="post-author">
       <img src="https://people.apache.org/~dongjoon/dongjoon.png";
@@ -231,17 +233,17 @@
     </a>
   </div>
   <div class="post-content">
-    <p>The ORC team is excited to announce the release of ORC v1.6.6.</p>
+    <p>The ORC team is excited to announce the release of ORC v1.6.9.</p>
 
 <ul>
-  <li>Released: 10 December 2020</li>
-  <li>Source code: <a 
href="https://archive.apache.org/dist/orc/orc-1.6.6/orc-1.6.6.tar.gz";>orc-1.6.6.tar.gz</a></li>
-  <li><a 
href="https://archive.apache.org/dist/orc/orc-1.6.6/orc-1.6.6.tar.gz.asc";>GPG 
Signature</a>
+  <li>Released: 2 July 2021</li>
+  <li>Source code: <a 
href="https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/orc/orc-1.6.9/orc-1.6.9.tar.gz";>orc-1.6.9.tar.gz</a></li>
+  <li><a 
href="https://downloads.apache.org/orc/orc-1.6.9/orc-1.6.9.tar.gz.asc";>GPG 
Signature</a>
 signed by <a href="https://downloads.apache.org/orc/KEYS";>Dongjoon Hyun 
(34F0FC5C)</a></li>
-  <li>Git tag: <a 
href="https://github.com/apache/orc/releases/tag/rel/release-1.6.6";>rel/release-1.6.6</a></li>
-  <li>Maven Central: <a 
href="https://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Cg%3A%22org.apache.orc%22%20AND%20v%3A%221.6.6%22";>ORC
 1.6.6</a></li>
-  <li>SHA 256: <a 
href="https://archive.apache.org/dist/orc/orc-1.6.6/orc-1.6.6.tar.gz.sha256";>93d2e5f7c9f76ea5…</a></li>
-  <li>Fixed issues: <a 
href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/sr/jira.issueviews:searchrequest-printable/temp/SearchRequest.html?jqlQuery=project+%3D+ORC+AND+status+%3D+Closed+AND+fixVersion+%3D+%221.6.6%22&amp;tempMax=500";>ORC-1.6.6</a></li>
+  <li>Git tag: <a 
href="https://github.com/apache/orc/releases/tag/rel/release-1.6.9";>rel/release-1.6.9</a></li>
+  <li>Maven Central: <a 
href="https://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Cg%3A%22org.apache.orc%22%20AND%20v%3A%221.6.9%22";>ORC
 1.6.9</a></li>
+  <li>SHA 256: <a 
href="https://downloads.apache.org/orc/orc-1.6.9/orc-1.6.9.tar.gz.sha256";>d19af60cd81cdb17…</a></li>
+  <li>Fixed issues: <a 
href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/sr/jira.issueviews:searchrequest-printable/temp/SearchRequest.html?jqlQuery=project+%3D+ORC+AND+status+%3D+Closed+AND+fixVersion+%3D+%221.6.9%22&amp;tempMax=500";>ORC-1.6.9</a></li>
 </ul>
 
 <p>The new features of ORC 1.6:</p>
@@ -276,6 +278,10 @@ signed by <a 
href="https://downloads.apache.org/orc/KEYS";>Dongjoon Hyun (34F0FC5
     <h4>Recent Releases</h4>
     <ul>
       
+      <li class="current">
+        <a href="/news/2021/07/02/ORC-1.6.9/">Version 1.6.9</a>
+      </li>
+      
       <li class="">
         <a href="/news/2021/05/21/ORC-1.6.8/">Version 1.6.8</a>
       </li>
@@ -284,7 +290,7 @@ signed by <a 
href="https://downloads.apache.org/orc/KEYS";>Dongjoon Hyun (34F0FC5
         <a href="/news/2021/01/22/ORC-1.6.7/">Version 1.6.7</a>
       </li>
       
-      <li class="current">
+      <li class="">
         <a href="/news/2020/12/10/ORC-1.6.6/">Version 1.6.6</a>
       </li>
       
@@ -292,10 +298,6 @@ signed by <a 
href="https://downloads.apache.org/orc/KEYS";>Dongjoon Hyun (34F0FC5
         <a href="/news/2020/10/01/ORC-1.6.5/">Version 1.6.5</a>
       </li>
       
-      <li class="">
-        <a href="/news/2020/09/30/ORC-1.5.12/">Version 1.5.12</a>
-      </li>
-      
     </ul>
     <h4>Other News</h4>
     <ul>
@@ -303,6 +305,8 @@ signed by <a 
href="https://downloads.apache.org/orc/KEYS";>Dongjoon Hyun (34F0FC5
         
         
         
+        
+        
         <li class="">
           <a href="/news/2021/04/13/add-william/">William Hyun added as 
committer</a>
         </li>
diff --git a/news/index.html b/news/index.html
index 1a6f547..7b1bc44 100644
--- a/news/index.html
+++ b/news/index.html
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@
     <option value="/news/">Home</option>
     <optgroup label="v1.x">
       
+      <option value="/news/2021/07/02/ORC-1.6.9/">ORC 1.6.9 Released</option>
+      
       <option value="/news/2021/05/21/ORC-1.6.8/">ORC 1.6.8 Released</option>
       
       <option value="/news/2021/04/13/add-william/">William Hyun added as 
committer</option>
@@ -212,6 +214,60 @@
         
   <article>
   <h2>
+    <a href="/news/2021/07/02/ORC-1.6.9/">
+      ORC 1.6.9 Released
+    </a>
+  </h2>
+  <span class="post-category">
+    <span class="label">
+      release
+    </span>
+  </span>
+  <div class="post-meta">
+    <span class="post-date">
+      02 Jul 2021
+    </span>
+    <a href="https://people.apache.org/~dongjoon"; class="post-author">
+      <img src="https://people.apache.org/~dongjoon//dongjoon.png";
+           class="avatar" alt="dongjoon avatar"
+           width="24" height="24">
+      dongjoon
+    </a>
+  </div>
+  <div class="post-content">
+    <p>The ORC team is excited to announce the release of ORC v1.6.9.</p>
+
+<ul>
+  <li>Released: 2 July 2021</li>
+  <li>Source code: <a 
href="https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/orc/orc-1.6.9/orc-1.6.9.tar.gz";>orc-1.6.9.tar.gz</a></li>
+  <li><a 
href="https://downloads.apache.org/orc/orc-1.6.9/orc-1.6.9.tar.gz.asc";>GPG 
Signature</a>
+signed by <a href="https://downloads.apache.org/orc/KEYS";>Dongjoon Hyun 
(34F0FC5C)</a></li>
+  <li>Git tag: <a 
href="https://github.com/apache/orc/releases/tag/rel/release-1.6.9";>rel/release-1.6.9</a></li>
+  <li>Maven Central: <a 
href="https://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Cg%3A%22org.apache.orc%22%20AND%20v%3A%221.6.9%22";>ORC
 1.6.9</a></li>
+  <li>SHA 256: <a 
href="https://downloads.apache.org/orc/orc-1.6.9/orc-1.6.9.tar.gz.sha256";>d19af60cd81cdb17…</a></li>
+  <li>Fixed issues: <a 
href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/sr/jira.issueviews:searchrequest-printable/temp/SearchRequest.html?jqlQuery=project+%3D+ORC+AND+status+%3D+Closed+AND+fixVersion+%3D+%221.6.9%22&amp;tempMax=500";>ORC-1.6.9</a></li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>The new features of ORC 1.6:</p>
+
+<ul>
+  <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ORC-14";>ORC-14</a> Add 
column encryption.</li>
+  <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ORC-189";>ORC-189</a> Add 
timestamp with local timezone</li>
+  <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ORC-203";>ORC-203</a> Trim 
minimum and maximum string values</li>
+  <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ORC-363";>ORC-363</a> Add 
zstd support in Java</li>
+  <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ORC-397";>ORC-397</a> 
Support selectively disabling dictionaries</li>
+  <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ORC-522";>ORC-522</a> Add 
type annotations</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>Known issues:</p>
+
+
+  </div>
+</article>
+
+
+  <article>
+  <h2>
     <a href="/news/2021/05/21/ORC-1.6.8/">
       ORC 1.6.8 Released
     </a>
@@ -3468,6 +3524,10 @@ of the website.</p>
     <ul>
       
       <li class="">
+        <a href="/news/2021/07/02/ORC-1.6.9/">Version 1.6.9</a>
+      </li>
+      
+      <li class="">
         <a href="/news/2021/05/21/ORC-1.6.8/">Version 1.6.8</a>
       </li>
       
@@ -3483,10 +3543,6 @@ of the website.</p>
         <a href="/news/2020/10/01/ORC-1.6.5/">Version 1.6.5</a>
       </li>
       
-      <li class="">
-        <a href="/news/2020/09/30/ORC-1.5.12/">Version 1.5.12</a>
-      </li>
-      
     </ul>
     <h4>Other News</h4>
     <ul>
@@ -3494,6 +3550,8 @@ of the website.</p>
         
         
         
+        
+        
         <li class="">
           <a href="/news/2021/04/13/add-william/">William Hyun added as 
committer</a>
         </li>
diff --git a/news/releases/index.html b/news/releases/index.html
index 8d578c3..d1338e8 100644
--- a/news/releases/index.html
+++ b/news/releases/index.html
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@
     <option value="/news/">Home</option>
     <optgroup label="v1.x">
       
+      <option value="/news/2021/07/02/ORC-1.6.9/">ORC 1.6.9 Released</option>
+      
       <option value="/news/2021/05/21/ORC-1.6.8/">ORC 1.6.8 Released</option>
       
       <option value="/news/2021/04/13/add-william/">William Hyun added as 
committer</option>
@@ -212,6 +214,60 @@
         
   <article>
   <h2>
+    <a href="/news/2021/07/02/ORC-1.6.9/">
+      ORC 1.6.9 Released
+    </a>
+  </h2>
+  <span class="post-category">
+    <span class="label">
+      release
+    </span>
+  </span>
+  <div class="post-meta">
+    <span class="post-date">
+      02 Jul 2021
+    </span>
+    <a href="https://people.apache.org/~dongjoon"; class="post-author">
+      <img src="https://people.apache.org/~dongjoon//dongjoon.png";
+           class="avatar" alt="dongjoon avatar"
+           width="24" height="24">
+      dongjoon
+    </a>
+  </div>
+  <div class="post-content">
+    <p>The ORC team is excited to announce the release of ORC v1.6.9.</p>
+
+<ul>
+  <li>Released: 2 July 2021</li>
+  <li>Source code: <a 
href="https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/orc/orc-1.6.9/orc-1.6.9.tar.gz";>orc-1.6.9.tar.gz</a></li>
+  <li><a 
href="https://downloads.apache.org/orc/orc-1.6.9/orc-1.6.9.tar.gz.asc";>GPG 
Signature</a>
+signed by <a href="https://downloads.apache.org/orc/KEYS";>Dongjoon Hyun 
(34F0FC5C)</a></li>
+  <li>Git tag: <a 
href="https://github.com/apache/orc/releases/tag/rel/release-1.6.9";>rel/release-1.6.9</a></li>
+  <li>Maven Central: <a 
href="https://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Cg%3A%22org.apache.orc%22%20AND%20v%3A%221.6.9%22";>ORC
 1.6.9</a></li>
+  <li>SHA 256: <a 
href="https://downloads.apache.org/orc/orc-1.6.9/orc-1.6.9.tar.gz.sha256";>d19af60cd81cdb17…</a></li>
+  <li>Fixed issues: <a 
href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/sr/jira.issueviews:searchrequest-printable/temp/SearchRequest.html?jqlQuery=project+%3D+ORC+AND+status+%3D+Closed+AND+fixVersion+%3D+%221.6.9%22&amp;tempMax=500";>ORC-1.6.9</a></li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>The new features of ORC 1.6:</p>
+
+<ul>
+  <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ORC-14";>ORC-14</a> Add 
column encryption.</li>
+  <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ORC-189";>ORC-189</a> Add 
timestamp with local timezone</li>
+  <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ORC-203";>ORC-203</a> Trim 
minimum and maximum string values</li>
+  <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ORC-363";>ORC-363</a> Add 
zstd support in Java</li>
+  <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ORC-397";>ORC-397</a> 
Support selectively disabling dictionaries</li>
+  <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ORC-522";>ORC-522</a> Add 
type annotations</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>Known issues:</p>
+
+
+  </div>
+</article>
+
+
+  <article>
+  <h2>
     <a href="/news/2021/05/21/ORC-1.6.8/">
       ORC 1.6.8 Released
     </a>
@@ -2812,6 +2868,10 @@ signed by <a 
href="https://downloads.apache.org/orc/KEYS";>Owen O’Malley (3D0C9
     <ul>
       
       <li class="">
+        <a href="/news/2021/07/02/ORC-1.6.9/">Version 1.6.9</a>
+      </li>
+      
+      <li class="">
         <a href="/news/2021/05/21/ORC-1.6.8/">Version 1.6.8</a>
       </li>
       
@@ -2827,10 +2887,6 @@ signed by <a 
href="https://downloads.apache.org/orc/KEYS";>Owen O’Malley (3D0C9
         <a href="/news/2020/10/01/ORC-1.6.5/">Version 1.6.5</a>
       </li>
       
-      <li class="">
-        <a href="/news/2020/09/30/ORC-1.5.12/">Version 1.5.12</a>
-      </li>
-      
     </ul>
     <h4>Other News</h4>
     <ul>
@@ -2838,6 +2894,8 @@ signed by <a 
href="https://downloads.apache.org/orc/KEYS";>Owen O’Malley (3D0C9
         
         
         
+        
+        
         <li class="">
           <a href="/news/2021/04/13/add-william/">William Hyun added as 
committer</a>
         </li>

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