Hi Everyone, I propose that we release the following RC as the official PyIceberg 0.8.1 release.
The commit ID is a051584a3684392d2db6556449eb299145d47d15 * This corresponds to the tag: pyiceberg-0.8.1rc1 (17124779c5294cb928f3807ed539f427f9b4bd2e) * https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/releases/tag/pyiceberg-0.8.1rc1 * https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/tree/a051584a3684392d2db6556449eb299145d47d15 The release tarball, signature, and checksums are here: * https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/iceberg/pyiceberg-0.8.1rc1/ You can find the KEYS file here: * https://downloads.apache.org/iceberg/KEYS Convenience binary artifacts are staged on pypi: https://pypi.org/project/pyiceberg/0.8.1rc1/ And can be installed using: pip3 install pyiceberg==0.8.1rc1 Instructions for verifying a release can be found here: * https://py.iceberg.apache.org/verify-release/ High-Level Summary *Breaking Changes* * The `Table.name` method now returns the table name *without the catalog name*, as part of a broader effort to remove catalog references in PyIceberg. * Replace usages of `Table.identifier` with `Table.name` in the codebase * Replace usages of the deprecated function (`identifier_to_tuple_without_catalog`) in the codebase which removes unnecessary warnings *Bug fixes** Fix `add_files` for parquet files missing column statistics * Allow leading underscore in column name used in row filter * Ignore Glue and Hive tables missing the `table_type` property * Write `null` in manifest list metadata when there is no `parent-snapshot-id` *Dependency Updates** Removed upper-bound restrictions on dependencies; allow early testing of new versions: * Remove Python library version upper bound restriction; allow Python 3.13 * Remove fsspec library version upper bound restriction *Documentation Updates** Improve “how to release” documentation * Included post-release steps for version 0.8.0 * Included documentation updates in this patch release to reflect these changes in https://py.iceberg.apache.org/ *Commit Summary* * [36 new commits since the `0.8.0` release]( https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/compare/pyiceberg-0.8.0...acbd071375ac4cc2053435346737a3b1a64cce2e). * 12 new commits will be included in 0.8.1 * 11 commits cherry-picked as bug fixes (listed below) * 1 [commit]( https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/commit/58389dfe5cf5f6ef6ea16c47cd11408c642fafd1) to bump version to `0.8.1` *Detailed Commits* * acbd071 Write `null` when there is no parent-snapshot-id (#1383) * bb078cf Add instruction for patch release (#1373) * ab43c6c fix `KeyError` raised by `add_files` when parquet file doe not have column stats (#1354) * cc1ab2c Improve documentation for "how to release" (#1359) * 64dc6fe Remove Python 3.13 upper bound restriction (#1355) * d86ab6e Allow leading underscore in column name used in row filter (#1358) * 7a4734e Replace reference of `Table.identifier` with `Table.name` (#1346) * a66ddc0 Ignore tables without `table_type` from Glue and Hive (#1332) * 2cbc77d Drop upper bounds for fsspec and it's implementations (#1341) * 7660a5b 0.8.0 post release steps (#1334) * b2f0a9e use the non-deprecated func (#1326) Please download, verify, and test. Please vote in the next 72 hours. [ ] +1 Release this as PyIceberg 0.8.1 [ ] +0 [ ] -1 Do not release this because... Best, Kevin Liu
