Github user omalley commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/orc/pull/247#discussion_r182137684
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+layout: page
+title: Evolving Draft for ORC Specification v2
+---
+
+This specification is rapidly evolving and should only be used for
+developers on the project.
+
+# TO DO items
+
+The list of things that we plan to change:
+
+* Create a decimal representation with fixed scale using rle.
+* Create a better float/double encoding that splits mantissa and
+ exponent.
+* Create a dictionary encoding for float, double, and decimal.
+* Create RLEv3:
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I have some thoughts, but haven't done any work on it.
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