[Release] 18.2.0

[kou]

Describe the enhancement requested

I think that we can release a new version from apache/arrow-java now.

#571 is a problem but it's not a blocker for 18.2.0.

@lidavidm @wgtmac Can I release 18.2.0 or do you want to become a release manager?

[lidavidm]

@wgtmac I think you wanted to run this?
@jbonofre giving you a heads up here too

If not go for it Kou!

[jbonofre]

@lidavidm Thanks ! Happy to be release manager if it's ok 😄

[kou]

OK! I will help you!

https://github.com/apache/arrow-java/blob/main/dev/release/README.md is the release procedure.
Some operations need Arrow committer/PMC member permission. I'll do them.

Here are tasks that you can do:

1. Test the revision to be released
   • Could you work on this?
2. Bump version for new release (detailed later)
   • We don't need this for the next release because we already bumped.
3. Prepare RC and vote (detailed later)
   • I'll push tag and then you can start a vote on the [email protected] mailing list.
   • You can generate a vote email template by RELEASE_DEFAULT=0 dev/release/release_rc.sh ${RC}
4. Publish (detailed later)
   • I'll do this because this needs Arrow PMC member permission.
5. Bump version for new development (detailed later)
   • Could you work on this?

[jbonofre]

Thanks @kou !

Let me start with (1), build but also quick test and legal check.
I will keep you posted when 1 is done.

[jbonofre]

I found issue in the LICENSE/NOTICE in some distributed jar files (like arrow-vector-shade-format-flatbuffers).
I'm preparing a PR to fix that.

[lidavidm]

BTW, should we create/push tags for 18.1.0 (and maybe 18.0.0)? Since we don't have any historical tags after splitting from apache/arrow

[jbonofre]

BTW, should we create/push tags for 18.1.0 (and maybe 18.0.0)? Since we don't have any historical tags after splitting from apache/arrow

I would create some GitHub Issues on the milestone as a start.

[lidavidm]

I opened https://github.com/apache/arrow-java/milestone/1

[jbonofre]

Thanks @lidavidm ! Let me do a quick git log to create some issues 😄

[lidavidm]

I moved all the pull requests already.

It seems the new github UI does not let me mass select issues! What product manager came up with that bright idea...

[lidavidm]

Oh, if I refresh it somehow shows the checkboxes again...

[kou]

BTW, should we create/push tags for 18.1.0 (and maybe 18.0.0)? Since we don't have any historical tags after splitting from apache/arrow

I think that we should not create 18.1.0 tag because we don't have the same code base as 18.1.0 in apache/arrow that can be built correctly. We proceeded apache/arrow -> apache/arrow-java migration and bug fixes/feature implementations in parallel.

[lidavidm]

OK, I guess we can make a changelog with a manual git log then

[jbonofre]

I agree with @kou here. Let's go manually (it's just for this release 😄 ).

[wgtmac]

Sorry for replying late! I am still on vacation with limited internet access. I will keep an eye on this release and volunteer for the next release.