Release a version for duckdb v1.5.2

[mskyttner]

Background: I used the http_request extension for a while, but it seems to not be released for later versions of duckdb, so I switched back to using http_client (in some table macros/functions that "proxy" requests to web apis) and when upgrading to duckdb v 1.5.2 I noticed that it downloads for duckdb v 1.5.1 but not yet for 1.5.2.

Not sure if there are other recommended ways to make http api calls in duckdb sql (and I am using crawler where rate limiting is needed and I am also aware of shellfs + calling a (parametrized) script as well but this means I can't distribute table macros embedded in databases without also shipping the script files and runtimes for these).

So I prefer using the httpclient (or http_client?) right now but miss availability for duckdb v 1.5.2.

[lmangani]

Hi @mskyttner you're right, the extension keeps falling behind the release schedule. Ideally, we'd love the community to take over (or at least assist) with the process but I understand that's not always realistic. We'll do what possible to find some time to update the extension, although I believe I've seen mentions of duckdb core switching to curl so there might be some reworking needed. In the meanwhile, we appreciate the preference and the discussion.

[rustyconover]

Okay I've dispatched the build in the DuckDB CI the build worked fine locally for me.

Right now we don't receive notifications when the DuckDB team makes a release and extensions fail to build in their automated build.

Rusty

[rustyconover]

You can follow along with the PR here duckdb/community-extensions#1755

[mskyttner]

Fantastic! Thanks!

I can now "install http_client from community" when using v1.5.2 (Variegata) 8a5851971f.