hi folks, I wanted to start a coordination thread to stay on top of the remaining items to be able to get to a release-able state for 0.8.0, by end of this week or beginning of next week with any luck. There are a number of housekeeping items we are working on the C++/Python side, but some of these are non-essential, so we'll try to get done as much as we can.
Here are the major things that seem to be in flight: Format changes -------------- * ARROW-1785 Removing VectorLayout from metadata https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/1297 Other Java changes ------------------ * ARROW-1864 Upgrading Netty to 4.1.x https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/1376 Other needed C++ changes -------------------------- * ARROW-1882: Restoring DictionaryBuilder Changes under discussion ------------------------ * ARROW-1816 Possible change to Timestamp class structure https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/1330 * ARROW-1866 / ARROW-1815 Handling of NonNullableMapVector https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/1371 Other changes in TODO --------------------- * ARROW-1868: Change vector getMinorType to use MinorType instead of Types.MinorType * ARROW-1867: Add BitVector APIs from old vector class * ARROW-1818: Examine Java Dependencies Out of these, the ARROW-1785 VectorLayout removal and the Netty upgrade are probably the most critical -- these should be ready to be merged once they've been sufficiently reviewed. What else is essential / cannot fall through the cracks? If we are not able to arrive at consensus on all other items, I would prefer not to delay the release any further. Thanks Wes
