v2.0.0-beta.2

What's Changed

Breaking Changes 🛠

• fix!: null handling when using NOT with scalar indices by @wjones127 in #5270

New Features 🎉

• feat(blob_v2): add external blob support by @Xuanwo in #5385
• feat: fallback to CPU if GPU accelerating is unavailable by @BubbleCal in #5407
• feat: disable default features on internal use by @valkum in #5372
• feat(blob_v2): add dedicated blob support by @Xuanwo in #5406
• feat(blob_v2): add packed blob support by @Xuanwo in #5413
• feat: strategized plan compaction by @zhangyue19921010 in #5233
• feat: support add sub-column to struct col by @wojiaodoubao in #5126
• feat: distributed range-based BTree index by @steFaiz in #5202
• feat: upgrade lance-namespace to 0.3.1 and add missing apis by @jackye1995 in #5457
• feat: add additional index APIs to support count rows split plan by @jackye1995 in #5447

Bug Fixes 🐛

• fix: don't allow change blob version during update by @Xuanwo in #5386
• fix: respect index metric when user overrides by @BubbleCal in #5395
• fix: take_blobs_by_indices fails with stable row IDs on fragment 1+ by @jmhsieh in #5392
• fix: remove expensive clone in bitmap search by @westonpace in #5409
• fix: stop documenting FTS index type, standardize on INVERTED by @mackrorysd in #5315
• fix: remove logging for project_batch by @westonpace in #5267

Documentation 📚

• docs: fix Append call in distributed write guide by @rongou in #5439

Performance Improvements 🚀

• perf: do not instrument self in multipart upload by @westonpace in #5416
• perf: various btree performance improvements by @westonpace in #5446

Other Changes

• refactor: rename RowIdTreeMap to RowAddrTreeMap by @yanghua in #5266
• refactor: split dataset tests in a tests mod by @Xuanwo in #5387
• refactor: write bitmap index statistics in file instead by @Xuanwo in #5251
• refactor: consolidate logic between zonemap and bloomfilter indexes by @fenfeng9 in #5374
• refactor: use the same path for dedicated and packed blob by @Xuanwo in #5449

New Contributors

• @mackrorysd made their first contribution in #5315
• @valkum made their first contribution in #5372
• @rongou made their first contribution in #5439

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