Thanks Fokko for making this RC! I checked everything and found a minor issue. It seems that the GPG release signature key does not appear to be present in https://downloads.apache.org/parquet/KEYS. We might need to fix this before proceeding.
On Mon, Jul 20, 2026 at 10:30 PM Fokko Driesprong <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I propose the following RC to be released as official Apache Parquet > 1.18.0 release. > > - The commit id is [5e2ad0969c7f411613671c5ef054d399995de5f9]( > https://github.com/apache/parquet-java/tree/5e2ad0969c7f411613671c5ef054d399995de5f9 > ) > - This corresponds to the tag: [apache-parquet-1.18.0-rc1]( > https://github.com/apache/parquet-java/releases/tag/apache-parquet-1.18.0-rc1 > ) > > The release tarball, signature, and checksums are here: > > - > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/parquet/apache-parquet-1.18.0-rc1/ > > You can find the KEYS file here: > > - https://downloads.apache.org/parquet/KEYS > > You can find the changelog here: > > - > https://github.com/apache/parquet-java/releases/tag/apache-parquet-1.18.0-rc1 > > Binary artifacts are staged in Nexus here: > > - https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/parquet/ > > Please download, verify, and test. > > Please vote in the next 72 hours. > > [ ] +1 Release this as Apache Parquet 1.18.0 > [ ] +0 > [ ] -1 Do not release this because... > > Kind regards, > Fokko Driesprong
