Hi everyone, It's been a while since we released a new version of PyIceberg! The last minor release (0.8.0) was on November 18, and the most recent patch release (0.8.1) was on December 6. Time flies! There have been >200 commits since 0.8.0 <https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/compare/pyiceberg-0.8.0...main> and A LOT of great features contributed by the community
I propose we cut a new release for version 0.9.0 based on the current HEAD of the main branch, commit 300b840 <https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/commit/300b8405a0fe7d0111321e5644d704026af9266b> . I'm happy to serve as the Release Manager again. But since I recently rewrote the " <https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/blob/main/mkdocs/docs/how-to-release.md>How to Release" documentation <https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/blob/main/mkdocs/docs/how-to-release.md>, it would be great if someone else could follow the updated instructions to ensure they are clear. I've started a thread on Slack <https://apache-iceberg.slack.com/archives/C029EE6HQ5D/p1738367232843719> to gather feedback from the community. Please feel free to join the discussion there or share your thoughts in this thread about the upcoming release. Best, Kevin Liu
