Release python-v0.15.0: check constraints operation, and faster MERGE · delta-io/delta-rs

New features

feat: merge using partition filters by @emcake in #1958
feat: omit unmodified files during merge write by @Blajda in #1969
feat: check constraints by @hntd187 in #1915
feat(python): expose add constraint operation by @ion-elgreco in #1973
feat: add kernel ExpressionEvaluator by @roeap in #1829
feat: implement S3 log store with transactions backed by DynamoDb by @dispanser in #1904
feat(python): add writer_properties to all operations by @ion-elgreco in #1980
feat(python): combine load_version/load_with_datetime into load_as_version by @ion-elgreco in #1968
feat: update to include pyarrow-hotfix by @dennyglee in #1930
feat: cast list items to default before write with different item names by @JonasDev1 in #1959
feat(python): expose large_dtype param in merge @ion-elgreco in #2003
feat(python): expose custom metadata to writers @ion-elgreco in #1994

fix: respect case sensitivity on operations by @Blajda in #1954
fix: case sensitivity for z-order by @Blajda in #1982
fix: implement consistent formatting for constraint expressions by @Blajda in #1985
fix: remove the get_data_catalog() function by @rtyler in #1941
fix: handle empty table response in unity api by @JonasDev1 in #1963
fix: flakey gcs test by @roeap in #1987
fix: enable S3 integration tests to be configured via environment vars by @dispanser in #1966
fix: properly decode percent-encoded file paths coming from parquet checkpoints by @sigorbor in #1970

To control the writer properties in .update you need to pass the deltalake.WriterProperties class instead of a dicationary.

chore: relocate cast_record_batch into its own module to shed the datafusion dependency by @rtyler in #1955
chore: break Glue support into its own crate without rusoto by @rtyler in #1825
docs: add polars integration by @MrPowers in #1949
docs: add better installation instructions by @MrPowers in #1951
docs: datafusion integration by @MrPowers in #1993
fix: add arrow page back by @ion-elgreco in #1944
refactor: trigger metadata retrieval only during DeltaTable.metadata by @ion-elgreco in #1979
docs: add auto-release when docs are merged to main by @r3stl355 in #1962
chore: fix CI breaking lint issues by @r3stl355 in #1999

Full Changelog: python-v0.14.0...python-v0.15.0