Hallo Liya, what about having this as part of the repository, e.g. java/api-changes.md? We have an auto-generated changelog that is quite verbose but having such documentation for consumers of the Java library would be really helpful as it is gives a denser packed information on upgrading versions.
Cheers Uwe On Mon, Jul 22, 2019, at 4:54 AM, Fan Liya wrote: > Hi all, > > Let's track the API behavior changes in this email thread, so as not forget > about them for the next release. > > ARROW-5842 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-5842>: the > semantics of lastSet in ListVector changes. In the past, it refers to the > next index that will be set; now it points to the last index that is > actually set. > > ARROW-5973 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-5973>: The > semantics of the get methods for VarCharVector, VarBinaryVector, and > FixedSizeBinaryVector changes. If the past, if the validity bit is clear, > the methods throw throws an IllegalStateException when > NULL_CHECKING_ENABLED is set, or returns an empty object when the flag is > not set. Now, the get methods returns a null if the validity bit is clear. > > Best, > Liya Fan >
