Release arrow-rs / parquet major version `55.0.0` (Apr 2025)

[alamb]

Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? Please describe what you are trying to do.

Our release schedule is here https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs?tab=readme-ov-file#release-versioning-and-schedule

Part of

• [EPIC] A collection of release tickets #7392

• We will hopefully release 54.2.0 in Mar 2025 Release arrow-rs / parquet minor version 54.2.0 (~Mar~ Feb 2025) #7083

• Release arrow-rs / parquet minor version 54.3.0 (Mar 2025) #7107

Items to fix before the release:

• Verify with downstream DataFusion tests: Upgrade to arrow/parquet 55, and object_store to 0.12.0 and pyo3 to 0.24.0 datafusion#15466

Describe the solution you'd like

Create a release

• Release notes and bump version: Prepare version 55.0.0 #7391
• Release Candidate + Vote thread: https://lists.apache.org/thread/npdj3h4yjd73g088v6546lz44t2lswon
• Release to crates.io / approval

Describe alternatives you've considered

Additional context

@alamb 's wishlist of features:

• Support writing Parquet with modular encryption #7327
• Experimental parquet decoder with first-class selection pushdown support #6921
• Upgrade to object_store to 0.12.0 #7328

@kylebarron 's wishlist of features

• Parquet: Support reading Parquet metadata via suffix range requests #7334

[mbrobbel]

Items for the next major release: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/issues?q=is%3Aopen%20label%3Anext-major-release%20

(title should be updated minor -> major)

[alamb]

Items for the next major release: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/issues?q=is%3Aopen%20label%3Anext-major-release%20

(title should be updated minor -> major)

Thank you -- and I updated the title of the ticekt

[tustvold]

We should probably try to get #7238 and by extension the update to object_store 0.12.0 (once released) into this release.

[xmakro]

upgrading pyo3 dependency to 24.0 would be good to include

[alamb]

upgrading pyo3 dependency to 24.0 would be good to include

Thanks @xmakro there is a PR to do so. We'll get it in

• build(deps): update pyo3 requirement from 0.23 to 0.24 #7259

[alamb]

I hope to make this release next week sometime as it has a substantial number of accumulated upgrades and features