Release DataFusion 45.0.0

[alamb]

Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge?

Tracking ticket for next release, also a place to track desired inclusions

Last release was https://crates.io/crates/datafusion/440.0 December 31, 2024 so next major release would be around Feb 1, 2025

Steps:

• Voting Thread:
• Create ticket for next release:
• Test with DataFusion Python:
• Test with DataFusion Comet:
• Test with delta.rs
• Test with SailHQ:

Prior release tickets:

• 44.0.0 Release DataFusion 44.0.0 #13334

Items to complete before release

• Upgrade to arrow-rs/parquet 54.0.0 #14114
• Regression: DataFrame::schema returns incorrect schema for NATURAL JOIN #14058
• Regression: Invalid comparison operation: Utf8 == Utf8View error during LEFT ANTI JOIN #13510
• encode(..., "hex") errors on non-UTF-8 binaries since Datafusion v43 #14055

Nice to have but non blockers

• Exponential planning time (100s of seconds) with UNION and ORDER BY queries #13748
• External Error prefix is repeated multiple times #14080

Needs some traige (should it be a blocker?)

• Error with type coercion with CREATE TABLE AS SELECT ... inserting VALUES  #13124
• Can no longer easily join duplicate schemas as of version 43 #14112

[alamb]

@andygrove would you like to coordinate this release or would you like me to? (or does anyone else want to do so?)

[alamb]

I also added some issues to the description above that I think would be worth fixing

[andygrove]

@andygrove would you like to coordinate this release or would you like me to? (or does anyone else want to do so?)

I don't have a preference. I will traveling around this time though, so perhaps it would make sense for someone else to be release manager for this one.

[alamb]

I don't have a preference. I will traveling around this time though, so perhaps it would make sense for someone else to be release manager for this one.

I am happy to do it again for 45 if no one else would like the opportunity (see what I did there 😆 )

[xudong963]

I don't have a preference. I will traveling around this time though, so perhaps it would make sense for someone else to be release manager for this one.

I am happy to do it again for 45 if no one else would like the opportunity (see what I did there 😆 )

Thanks, alamb, I booked 46 in advance!

[alamb]

I am happy to do it again for 45 if no one else would like the opportunity (see what I did there 😆 )

Thanks, alamb, I booked 46 in advance!

Awesome -- I filed #14123 to track 46