python-v0.21.0

What's Changed

• fix: avoid reference after move when building w/o datafusion by @rtyler in #2917
• docs: updating docs for MinIO and Docker, with working conditional put support by @rwhaling in #2895
• feat: get earliest version by @ion-elgreco in #2797
• fix: cdc merge union schema order by @ion-elgreco in #2919
• chore: update the changelog with the latest rust merges by @rtyler in #2918
• fix: datafusion sanity checker passes when all files filtered out by @adamfaulkner-at in #2830
• fix: ListingSchemaProvider not forwarding custom storage_options by @Nordalf in #2924
• fix: update createdTime during schema evolution by @ion-elgreco in #2926
• fix: properly handle the different flavors of storage options keys by @rtyler in #2931
• chore: introduce some more writer tests to demonstrate schema promotion by @rtyler in #2935
• fix: panics when creating delta tables in threads by @PeterKeDer in #2940
• docs: minor fixes to the architecture documentation by @0x26res in #2934
• feat(python): reading/writing transaction identifiers in python by @PeterKeDer in #2942
• fix: improve errors on field cast failures by @jkylling in #2932
• fix: dramatically reduce checkpoint memory consumption by @rtyler in #2956
• chore: enable a dummy DCO app to unblock the merge queue by @rtyler in #2959
• docs: add merge guide by @avriiil in #2953
• fix: ensure the checkpoint decoder is regularly flushed by @rtyler in #2960
• chore: fix many warnings across the codebase by @hntd187 in #2955
• chore: be less verbose about zorder by @rtyler in #2963

New Contributors

• @rwhaling made their first contribution in #2895
• @adamfaulkner-at made their first contribution in #2830
• @Nordalf made their first contribution in #2924
• @0x26res made their first contribution in #2934

Full Changelog: python-v0.20.2...python-v0.21.0