+1 (non-binding), with one caveat I raised a few months ago in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16560.
1.12.0 removed the existing helper logic for reading and writing partition statistics. The new logic requires the Hadoop-based Parquet client used by the Iceberg project. This may be problematic for downstream projects that prohibit such dependencies. Confirmed that Trino CI is green with "orgapacheiceberg-1283". It runs tests against several catalogs, including HMS, Glue, JDBC (PostgreSQL), REST (Polaris, Unity, S3 Tables, Tabular), Nessie, and Snowflake. Thanks, Neelesh, for handling this release! On Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at 9:22 AM Neelesh Salian <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I propose that we release the following RC as the official Apache Iceberg > 1.12.0 release. > > The commit ID is dec392570a88e45ac3a417a487dd72f9bdb629d5 > * This corresponds to the tag: apache-iceberg-1.12.0-rc0 > * https://github.com/apache/iceberg/commits/apache-iceberg-1.12.0-rc0 > * > https://github.com/apache/iceberg/tree/dec392570a88e45ac3a417a487dd72f9bdb629d5 > > The release tarball, signature, and checksums are here: > * https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/iceberg/apache-iceberg-1.12.0-rc0 > > You can find the KEYS file here: > * https://downloads.apache.org/iceberg/KEYS > > Convenience binary artifacts are staged on Nexus. The Maven repository URL > is: > * > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapacheiceberg-1283/ > > Please download, verify, and test. > > Instructions for verifying a release can be found here: > * https://iceberg.apache.org/how-to-release/#how-to-verify-a-release > > As this vote spans the weekend, it will remain open until Monday, > September 21, 2026 at 2:00 PM Pacific Time. > > [ ] +1 Release this as Apache Iceberg 1.12.0 > [ ] +0 > [ ] -1 Do not release this because... > > Only PMC members have binding votes, but other community members are > encouraged to cast > non-binding votes. This vote will pass if there are 3 binding +1 votes and > more binding > +1 votes than -1 votes. >
