lance [release
details](https://github.com/lancedb/lance/releases/tag/v0.30.0)
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **Chores**
- Updated dependency specifications to use exact version numbers instead
of referencing a git repository and tag.
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Signed-off-by: BubbleCal <bubble-cal@outlook.com>
We are able to push commits over here:
cb7293e073/.github/workflows/make-release-commit.yml (L88-L95)
So I think it's safe to assume this will work.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **Chores**
- Updated workflow configuration to improve authentication and branch
targeting for automated release processes.
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This switches the default FTS to native lance FTS for Python sync table
API, the other APIs have switched to native implementation already
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **New Features**
- The default behavior for creating a full-text search index now uses
the new implementation rather than the legacy one.
- **Bug Fixes**
- Improved handling and error messages for phrase queries in full-text
search.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **Chores**
- Updated the release workflow to explicitly check out the main branch
during the publishing process.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **Chores**
- Updated internal dependencies for improved stability and
compatibility.
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- Enhanced error messages for schema inference failures to suggest
providing an explicit schema.
- Updated embedding application logic to check for existing destination
columns, allowing for filling embeddings in columns that are all null.
- Added comments for clarity on handling existing columns during
embedding application.
Fixes https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/issues/2183
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **Bug Fixes**
- Improved error messages for schema inference to enhance readability.
- Prevented redundant embedding application by skipping columns that
already contain data, avoiding unnecessary errors and computations.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **Chores**
- Updated release workflow to set a specific Git user name and email for
automated commits during the package publishing process.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **Chores**
- Updated internal dependencies to use a newer version of the Lance
library.
- **New Features**
- Added support for a new query occurrence type labeled "MUST NOT" in
search filters.
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This exposes the maximum_nprobes and minimum_nprobes feature that was
added in https://github.com/lancedb/lance/pull/3903
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **New Features**
- Added support for specifying minimum and maximum probe counts in
vector search queries, allowing finer control over search behavior.
- Users can now independently set minimum and maximum probes for vector
and hybrid queries via new methods and parameters in Python, Node.js,
and Rust APIs.
- **Bug Fixes**
- Improved parameter validation to ensure correct usage of minimum and
maximum probe values.
- **Tests**
- Expanded test coverage to validate correct handling, serialization,
and error cases for the new probe parameters.
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- operator for match query
- slop for phrase query
- boolean query
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **New Features**
- Introduced support for boolean full-text search queries with AND/OR
logic and occurrence conditions.
- Added operator options for match and multi-match queries to control
term combination logic.
- Enabled phrase queries to specify proximity (slop) for flexible phrase
matching.
- Added new enumerations (`Operator`, `Occur`) and the `BooleanQuery`
class for enhanced query expressiveness.
- **Bug Fixes**
- Improved validation and error handling for invalid operator and
occurrence inputs in full-text queries.
- **Tests**
- Expanded test coverage with new cases for boolean queries and
operator-based full-text searches.
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- AND operator
- phrase query slop param
- boolean query
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **New Features**
- Added support for combining full-text search queries using AND/OR
operators, enabling more flexible query composition.
- Introduced new query types and parameters, including boolean queries,
operator selection, occurrence constraints, and phrase slop for advanced
search scenarios.
- Enhanced asynchronous search to accept rich full-text query objects
directly.
- **Bug Fixes**
- Improved handling and validation of full-text search queries in both
synchronous and asynchronous search operations.
- **Tests**
- Updated and expanded tests to cover new full-text query types and
their usage in search functions.
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This updates lance to v0.29.1-beta.1.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **Chores**
- Updated workspace dependencies for improved consistency and
reliability. No changes to user-facing functionality.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **Chores**
- Updated the release workflow to include an additional step for
improved process reliability. No changes to user-facing functionality.
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Adds a script to change the lance dependency easily. To make this
change, I just had to run:
```bash
python ci/set_lance_version.py stable
```
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **New Features**
- Added a script to automate updating the Lance package version in
project dependencies.
- **Chores**
- Updated workflows to improve lockfile management and automate updates
during releases and publishing.
- Switched Lance dependencies from git-based references to fixed version
numbers for improved stability.
- Enhanced lockfile update script with an option to amend commits and
quieter output.
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Follow up to #2416
Forgot to do `git add`.
Also need to delete old actions updating package lock.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **Chores**
- Removed legacy workflows related to updating package lock files.
- Improved the update lockfiles script to ensure updated lockfiles are
always included in amended commits.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **Chores**
- Updated various internal dependencies to newer versions for improved
stability and compatibility.
- Increased the version number for the Python package.
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Just letting people know where to look starting June 1st.
Both docsites should be pointing to lancedb.github.io/documentation.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **Documentation**
- Added a notification banner to the documentation site informing users
about a new URL for accessing the latest documentation starting June
1st, 2025. The message includes a clickable link that opens in a new
tab.
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Co-authored-by: Will Jones <willjones127@gmail.com>
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **Chores**
- Updated workflow to ignore changes in the `Cargo.lock` file during
documentation checks, reducing unnecessary workflow failures.
- Enhanced release process by adding automated lockfile updates for
Node.js and Rust components.
- Removed an obsolete package-lock update job from the publishing
workflow to streamline releases.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **Chores**
- Downgraded version numbers for the Node.js, Python, and Rust packages.
No other user-facing changes were made.
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Closes#2412
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **Bug Fixes**
- Improved the reliability of listing indices by logging warnings for
errors and skipping problematic entries, ensuring successful results are
returned.
- Internal indices used for optimization are now excluded from the
visible list of indices.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **Chores**
- Updated internal dependencies for improved stability and
compatibility. No user-facing changes.
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this introduces some breaking changes in terms of rust API of creating
FTS index, and the default index params changed
Signed-off-by: BubbleCal <bubble-cal@outlook.com>
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **New Features**
- Updated default settings for full-text search (FTS) index creation:
stemming, stop word removal, and ASCII folding are now enabled by
default, while token position storage is disabled by default.
- **Refactor**
- Simplified and streamlined the configuration and handling of FTS index
parameters for improved maintainability and consistency across
interfaces.
- Enhanced serialization and request construction for FTS index
parameters to reduce manual handling and improve code clarity.
- Improved test coverage by explicitly enabling positional indexing in
FTS tests to support phrase queries.
- **Chores**
- Upgraded all internal dependencies related to FTS indexing to the
latest version for enhanced compatibility and performance.
- Updated package versions for Node.js, Python, and Rust components to
the latest beta releases.
- Improved CI workflows by adding Rust toolchain setup with formatting
and linting tools.
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Co-authored-by: Will Jones <willjones127@gmail.com>
Adds example for querying a dataset with SQL
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **Documentation**
- Added new guides on querying LanceDB tables using SQL with DuckDB and
Apache Datafusion.
- Included detailed instructions for integrating LanceDB with Datafusion
in Python.
- Updated navigation to include Datafusion and SQL querying
documentation.
- Improved formatting in TypeScript and vectordb update examples for
consistency.
- **Tests**
- Added a new test demonstrating SQL querying on Lance tables via
DataFusion integration.
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Added a new readme for better navigation, updated language and more
detail
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **Documentation**
- Updated the README with a modernized header, improved structure, and
clearer descriptions of features and architecture.
- Expanded and reorganized key features and product offerings for better
clarity.
- Simplified installation instructions and added a table of SDK
interfaces with documentation links.
- Enhanced community and contributor sections with new visuals and links
to social and support channels.
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