Hey Kevin, Thanks for kicking this off. It’s exciting to see how much PyIceberg has been evolving! I’d be happy to take on the Release Manager role for this release! I think it would be a good opportunity to try out the new release process documentation.
Thanks, Drew On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM Kevin Liu <kevinjq...@apache.org> wrote: > 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 > >