hi folks, Unfortunately, we have stalled a bit on making progress toward a 1.0.0 release.
There are a few keys areas in the columnar format that need to be reconciled in Java and C++ * Null type * Union types * Large binary, unicode, and list types * Dictionary deltas and replacements (for the record, I do not think any other tasks should be "blocking" for 1.0.0 aside from these items, including code / API cleanups, etc.) On the last item, I am concerned that our current JSON format is not adequate to describe deltas and replacements. The problem is that there is no relative ordering specified for the dictionary and record batch messages. Ideas for solutions about this would be welcome. In past e-mail discussions, we agreed that we want to have feature/integration test completeness at least in Java and C++ to make the 1.0.0 release. Given that C++ has more regular contributors and PR reviewers, I'm less concerned about the C++ work getting done than the Java work. Should we set some kind of time horizon (e.g. somewhere around June 2020?) that if we are still too far away in the Java library that we re-evaluate criteria for being able to declare the 1.0.0 release? Thanks, Wes
