What's Changed

• GH-4: [CI] Enable Dependabot by @lidavidm in #25
• GH-18: Add CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md by @wgtmac in #34
• GH-19: Add CONTRIBUTING.md by @wgtmac in #35
• GH-24: [CI] Add self-assignable dependabot comment for issues by @raulcd in #36
• MINOR: [CI] Tweak Dependabot PR title prefix by @lidavidm in #38
• GH-21: Add issue template by @wgtmac in #37
• GH-10: Add basic pre-commit-config with Apache RAT by @lidavidm in #430
• GH-6: Add Linux test CI by @lidavidm in #339
• GH-5: [Docs] Add LICENSE and NOTICE files by @raulcd in #39
• GH-7: Add macOS, Windows CI by @lidavidm in #432
• GH-14: Add JNI CI test by @lidavidm in #441
• GH-22: Add CODEOWNERS by @wgtmac in #444
• MINOR: Update latest java version to 23 by @laurentgo in #452
• GH-436: Remove Maven RAT check in favor of pre-commit check by @lidavidm in #442
• GH-10: Add basic checks into pre-commit-config by @kiszk in #435
• GH-466: Export namespace from Flight package by @lidavidm in #467
• GH-13: Set up JNI build (dataset, etc.) by @lidavidm in #449
• MINOR: [Java] Bump commons-io:commons-io from 2.17.0 to 2.18.0 by @dependabot in #30
• MINOR: Bump com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom from 2.18.1 to 2.18.2 by @dependabot in #440
• MINOR: Bump com.github.luben:zstd-jni from 1.5.6-7 to 1.5.6-9 by @dependabot in #474
• MINOR: [Java] Bump org.apache.orc:orc-core from 1.9.5 to 2.0.3 by @dependabot in #33
• MINOR: Bump org.cyclonedx:cyclonedx-maven-plugin from 2.9.0 to 2.9.1 by @dependabot in #438
• GH-447: Port fix from apache/arrow that was missed by @lidavidm in #475
• MINOR: [CI] Bump actions/setup-python from 4 to 5 by @dependabot in #482
• MINOR: Bump org.mockito:mockito-core from 5.14.2 to 5.15.2 by @dependabot in #480
• GH-16: Add integration test CI by @kou in #489
• GH-490: Use apache/arrow-java not apache/arrow in pom.xml by @kou in #491
• GH-492: [CI] Remove java_ prefix from ci/scripts/*.sh by @kou in #493
• GH-483: Use ArrowReader instead of ArrowStreamReader in FlightSqlClient.executeIngest method by @eramitmittal in #485
• MINOR: Bump logback.version from 1.5.12 to 1.5.16 by @dependabot in #481
• GH-497: [Dev] Use apache-arrow-java.tar.gz for RAT by @kou in #498
• MINOR: Bump parquet.version from 1.14.4 to 1.15.0 by @dependabot in #478
• MINOR: Bump com.google.guava:guava-bom from 33.3.1-jre to 33.4.0-jre by @dependabot in #479
• MINOR: Bump version to 18.2.0 by @kou in #502
• GH-20: Add release scripts by @kou in #496
• MINOR: Bump org.assertj:assertj-core from 3.26.3 to 3.27.2 by @dependabot in #505
• GH-512: [Release] Fix svn add target by @kou in #513
• GH-469: Unify ValueVector.getObject and VariableWidthFieldVector.get behavior about null value by @aqni in #486
• MINOR: Bump checker.framework.version from 3.48.2 to 3.48.4 by @dependabot in #506
• MINOR: Bump org.mockito:mockito-junit-jupiter from 5.14.2 to 5.15.2 by @dependabot in #508
• MINOR: Bump com.gradle:develocity-maven-extension from 1.22.2 to 1.23 by @dependabot in #507
• GH-518: Cleanup apache-arrow-java.tar.gz created by pre-commit by @kou in #519
• GH-515: Publish build scans to develocity.apache.org by @clayburn in #516
• GH-520: [CI] Add cmake-format to pre-commit by @kou in #521
• GH-523: [Release] Add support for building .jar including JNI binaries by @kou in #517
• GH-522: [Release] Add support for signing .jar by @kou in #524
• GH-525: [Release] Use released Apache Arrow C++ for RC CI by @kou in #526
• GH-527: [Release] Add support for .jar for Windows by @kou in #528
• GH-529: [Release] Add support for uploading binary artifacts to repository.apache.org by @kou in #530
• GH-531: [Release] Add support for .jar for arm64 Linux by @kou in #532
• GH-535: [Dev] Use compose.yaml not docker-compose.yml by @kou in #536
• GH-533: [Release] Add a post release task for publishing staged .jar by @kou in #534
• MINOR: Bump dep.junit.jupiter.version from 5.11.3 to 5.11.4 by @dependabot in #541
• MINOR: Bump org.apache.orc:orc-core from 2.0.3 to 2.1.0 by @dependabot in #540
• MINOR: Bump io.grpc:grpc-bom from 1.65.0 to 1.69.1 by @dependabot in #539
• GH-537: [Release][Docs] Generate API reference by @kou in #538
• MINOR: Bump com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle from 10.20.1 to 10.21.1 by @dependabot in #543
• GH-549: Fix Incorrect NOTICE File and Update LICENSE Headers for Third-Party Code Compliance by @CalvinKirs in #550
• GH-48: Implement VectorAppender for BaseVariableWidthViewVector by @ViggoC in #454
• MINOR: Bump commons-codec:commons-codec from 1.17.1 to 1.17.2 by @dependabot in #504
• MINOR: Bump com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-common-protos from 2.49.0 to 2.50.1 by @dependabot in #542
• GH-545: [CI] Use apache/arrow main for daily RC CI by @kou in #556
• GH-41: Add VariableWidthViewVectorBenchmarks by @ViggoC in #453
• GH-546: Migrate Sphinx documentation by @lidavidm in #553
• GH-547: [CI][Docs] Publish docs to https://arrow.apache.org/java/main/ on push by @kou in #561
• GH-41: BaseVariableWidthViewVector setZero only if necessary by @ViggoC in #557
• MINOR: Bump io.netty:netty-bom from 4.1.115.Final to 4.1.117.Final by @dependabot in #567
• MINOR: Bump org.assertj:assertj-core from 3.27.2 to 3.27.3 by @dependabot in #566
• MINOR: Bump org.apache.commons:commons-dbcp2 from 2.12.0 to 2.13.0 by @dependabot in #564
• MINOR: Bump io.grpc:grpc-bom from 1.69.1 to 1.70.0 by @dependabot in #565
• MINOR: Bump com.gradle:develocity-maven-extension from 1.23 to 1.23.1 by @dependabot in #562
• GH-570: [Docs] Use https://arrow.apache.org/java/ as the official site URL by @kou in #572
• GH-548: [Release][Docs] Publish docs to https://arrow.apache.org/java/current/ on release by @kou in #569
• MINOR: Add jbonofre to collaborators by @jbonofre in #576
• MINOR: Bump com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-common-protos from 2.50.1 to 2.51.0 by @dependabot in #584
• MINOR: Bump com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle from 10.21.1 to 10.21.2 by @dependabot in #580
• MINOR: Bump org.apache.commons:commons-pool2 from 2.12.0 to 2.12.1 by @dependabot in #581
• MINOR: Bump commons-codec:commons-codec from 1.17.2 to 1.18.0 by @dependabot in #582
• MINOR: Bump org.apache.commons:commons-text from 1.12.0 to 1.13.0 by @dependabot in #583
• GH-579: Add and fix LICENSE.txt and NOTICE.txt in the distributed artifacts by @jbonofre in #578
• GH-588: [Release] Increase wait interval in dev/release/release_rc.sh by @kou in #589
• MINOR: Upload release artifacts individually with sleep by @lidavidm in #590
• MINOR: Specify --repo explicitly by @kou in #591

New Contributors

• @lidavidm made their first contribution in #25
• @wgtmac made their first contribution in #34
• @raulcd made their first contribution in #36
• @laurentgo made their first contribution in #452
• @kiszk made their first contribution in #435
• @dependabot made their first contribution in #30
• @eramitmittal made their first contribution in #485
• @aqni made their first contribution in #486
• @clayburn made their first contribution in #516
• @CalvinKirs made their first contribution in #550
• @ViggoC made their first contribution in #454
• @jbonofre made their first contribution in #576

Full Changelog: https://github.com/apache/arrow-java/commits/v18.2.0-rc5

Contributors