Hello everyone, Following up on the previous discussion thread [1], I would like to formally open a VOTE for adopting the BigDecimal canonical extension type into the Apache Arrow specification.
Summary: The proposed `arrow.big_decimal` canonical extension type provides high-fidelity representation and transport for variable-scale numeric/decimal data (e.g., PostgreSQL NUMERIC, Trino DECIMAL, Oracle NUMBER) without forcing a uniform scale across an entire column. Format PR: Golang implementation draft: https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/pull/1201 Rust implementation draft: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/10669 Resources: Specification proposal: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10YNDPW9068RMsvAV_pjmC-uuerwWEwdhGqJARyVvnWI/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.6pwu28gkulfs The vote will be open for at least 72 hours (3 business days). Please cast your vote: [ ] +1 Accept this proposal [ ] +0 [ ] -1 Do not accept this proposal because... Thank you! Mandy [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/34opw343xrzkb0vhhbqto9vx061c7j7f
