alamb opened a new pull request, #203: URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion-site/pull/203
## Which issue does this PR close? - Related to https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/24216 - Part of https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/22393 ## Rationale for this change Draft blog post announcing the DataFusion 55.0.0 release, following the model of the [54.0.0 post](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-site/pull/197). **This is an early draft and is NOT ready for review yet.** Known TODOs: - [ ] Generate the ClickBench performance-over-time chart for 55.0.0 (`content/images/datafusion-55.0.0/performance_over_time_clickbench.png`) - [ ] Confirm the final release/publish date (currently 2026-08-16) and rename the file to match - [ ] Verify feature descriptions, credits, and reviewer attributions with the contributors involved - [ ] Double-check which late-merged PRs actually made the branch-55 cut Content highlights (drawn from the [55.0.0 release ticket](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/22393) feature list): - Range partitioning (highlighted as a key new feature per discussion on the blog ticket) - MERGE INTO planner + TableProvider hook - Per-partition TopK for window functions (`ROW_NUMBER`/`RANK`) - Sort pushdown phase 4: runtime row-group pruning for TopK - Parquet virtual columns (`file_row_index`, `input_file_name`) - `unnest_outer`, pluggable spill backends, UDF strictness metadata - Extensibility APIs for distributed engines (FFI_QueryPlanner, dynamic filter APIs, proto hooks) - Aggregation, function, planner, and scan performance improvements 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
