+1 (binding) -Dan
On Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 7:34 AM Burak Yavuz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > This is a vote to add support for FILE as a new LogicalTypeAnnotation in > Parquet as discussed > in the design document > < > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AiwrstqkwkBoOZqgOkm9JGwSMcNeHyLR7EEj1CVqpZQ/edit?tab=t.81io57da7gz#heading=h.nely2c1b14se > > > and proposal pull request > <https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/pull/585>. > We’ve had extensive discussions on this in the design documents (first > proposal > < > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AiwrstqkwkBoOZqgOkm9JGwSMcNeHyLR7EEj1CVqpZQ/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.k8qyue4jj4rn > >, > finalized > < > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AiwrstqkwkBoOZqgOkm9JGwSMcNeHyLR7EEj1CVqpZQ/edit?tab=t.81io57da7gz#heading=h.nely2c1b14se > >) > as well > as the proposal pull request > <https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/pull/585>, biweekly parquet > syncs, and the discussion thread > <https://lists.apache.org/thread/od9hxfssjgnmsh23o18q78hszowq7pcy>. > > Reference implementations are available in parquet-java > <https://github.com/apache/parquet-java/pull/3608> and arrow-rs > <https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/10109>. > > This vote will be open for at least 72 hours: > > [ ] +1: Add the new FileType to the Parquet spec > [ ] +0: Not going to block, but prefer . . . > [ ] -1: Do not add FileType to Parquet > > Thank you for all the feedback, input, and involvement in developing this > new type! > > Thanks, > Burak Yavuz >
