alamb opened a new issue, #13661: URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/13661
### Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? - Part of https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/13648 Up to now, when we have made DataFusion releases, we have mostly focused on validated that DataFusion's own unit tests have passed, (see [dev/release/README.md](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/blob/main/dev/release/README.md)) but haven't tested the upgrade with other downstream projects (like ballista, ray, InfluxDB IOx, etc) until *after* we have release the code This results sometimes in downstream users finding issues after release. Some recent examples - delta-rs upgrade: https://github.com/delta-io/delta-rs/pull/2886 - https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/13481 - https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/13568 - https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/13510 ### Describe the solution you'd like I would like to improve the testing / release process for DataFusion releases to reduce the number of regressions found **after** release. This would likely take the form of updating the [dev/release/README.md](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/blob/main/dev/release/README.md) ### Describe alternatives you've considered One idea mentioned by @Omega359 and @andygrove on https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/13525#issuecomment-2496487538 > Upgrading our own subprojects (Ballista, Comet, DF Python, DF Ray) as part of the DataFusion release process makes a lot of sense to validate that the upgrade guide is complete. ### Additional context _No response_ -- 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: github-unsubscr...@datafusion.apache.org.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: github-unsubscr...@datafusion.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: github-h...@datafusion.apache.org
