+1 (binding)

Thank you for moving this along Rok

On Wed, Nov 4, 2026 at 1:55 PM Rok Mihevc <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> The voted on format change PR has been updated using Antoine's and Andrew's
> feedback. I would like to change this vote to now be on commit 70b3023.
> If you would like to see the difference from the previous proposal see [1]
> or see the current PR state [2].
>
> I propose that people who already voted take another look at the PR and
> revert their vote if necessary.
> This vote will be open for at least 72 hours.
>
> [1]
>
> https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/pull/624/changes/70b302340e875b76644808e4f5df081e4e04f831
> [2] https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/pull/624/changes
>
> Best,
> Rok
>
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2026 at 7:12 PM Alkis Evlogimenos via dev <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> > +1 (non-binding)
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 4, 2026 at 7:26 AM Divjot Arora via dev <
> > [email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > +1 (non-binding), thanks for pushing this forward Rok!
> > >
> > > On Wed, Nov 4, 2026 at 01:01 Rok Mihevc <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I'd like to start a vote to add the FINITE_VECTOR logical type to the
> > > > Parquet format, as specified in parquet-format PR 624 [1] (at commit
> > > > 0596fde).
> > > > If you'd like to discuss this proposal please use the active
> discussion
> > > > thread [2].
> > > >
> > > > FINITE_VECTOR is roughly:
> > > > - annotates the same structure used for LIST, giving unaware readers
> a
> > > > fallback
> > > > - every non-null vector has exactly num_elements elements
> > > > - elements are required (non-null) and finite (no NaN, null, +Inf or
> > > -Inf)
> > > >
> > > > Writers must enforce these rules, and readers may rely on them. This
> > > > proposal does not add a new physical representation and doesn't
> > preclude
> > > > one later.
> > > >
> > > > This came out of active discussions on the list [2][3] and the
> > community
> > > > syncs. The type was renamed from VECTOR to FINITE_VECTOR to indicate
> > it's
> > > > specific requirements and to leave room for a more general vector
> type.
> > > >
> > > > Implementations:
> > > > - parquet-java: [4]
> > > > - parquet-cpp: [5]
> > > >
> > > > This vote will be open for at least 72 hours.
> > > >
> > > > [ ] +1: Add FINITE_VECTOR to the Parquet spec
> > > > [ ] +0: Not going to block, but prefer ...
> > > > [ ] -1: Do not add FINITE_VECTOR to Parquet because ...
> > > >
> > > > Thanks to everyone who took part in the discussions and reviews!
> > > >
> > > > Rok
> > > >
> > > > [1] https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/pull/624
> > > > [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread/kgmgn2vmrz49thbfhv8b66lglsyd81xt
> > > > [3] https://lists.apache.org/thread/xot5f3ghhtc82n1bf0wdl9zqwlrzqks3
> > > > [4] https://github.com/apache/parquet-java/pull/3876
> > > > [5] https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/55348
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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