Release v0.29.0 · lancedb/lance

What's Changed

perf!: improve conflict resolution performance by @wjones127 in #3882
feat!: introduce fragment reuse index to defer compaction index remap by @jackye1995 in #3847
feat!: add minimum probes and maximum probes to IVF search by @westonpace in #3903

feat: support slop param for phrase query by @BubbleCal in #3859
feat: enhance NGram index support for large strings by @BubbleCal in #3893
feat: support boolean query by @BubbleCal in #3879
feat: enhancing java LanceFileReader by adding projection push down and ranges lookup functionality by @leaves12138 in #3888
feat: support lance rust log in jni by @frankliee in #3901
feat: add storage options for LanceFileWriter by @leaves12138 in #3900
feat: expose auto cleanup config option for pylance by @yanghua in #3857
feat: update to the latest versions of arrow and datafusion, remove pin on chrono by @westonpace in #3890
feat: remap an index with fragment reuse index by @jackye1995 in #3906
feat: ignore indices created in newer format by @BubbleCal in #3867
feat: trim fragment reuse index after remapping by @jackye1995 in #3911
feat: add load_index_by_name to reteive a unique index by name by @jackye1995 in #3931

fix: remove modified fragments indices during horizontal merge_insert by @westonpace in #3863
fix: last item could be dropped from directory listing by @jackye1995 in #3892
fix: handle caching with manifest naming scheme migration by @wjones127 in #3896
fix: deserialize PhraseQuery without slop field by @wjones127 in #3913
fix: PrimitiveStructualEncoder extract_validity buffer should follow flag keep_original_array by @leaves12138 in #3899
fix: unexpected posting block size when remap posting list by @BubbleCal in #3921
fix: some compile error for index by @Jay-ju in #3920
fix: skip non-leaf fields when projecting by column names in 2.1 by @westonpace in #3918
fix: prevent and handle empty fragments by @wjones127 in #3934

docs: fix some grammatical errors for operations comments by @majin1102 in #3930
docs: add field encoding spec by @Jay-ju in #3820
docs: add ray distributed merge columns by @Jay-ju in #3919

Full Changelog: v0.28.0...v0.29.0