Upcoming releases roadmap

[andyfengHKU]

Description

This issue keeps track of the main features we should deliver in the upcoming releases:

0.6.0

• In memory mode In-memory database #1816

Future releases

Features

• Go client golang client library? #2003
• Attach any remote database (e.g. sqlite, Postgres, DuckDB, ...) Feature: Allow attaching to a duckdb/sqlite database over HTTPS or S3 #4007
• JSON data type
• User-defined data types
• Execute cypher over relational database
• Graph algorithm package

Usability improvements

• Skip and log malformed rows during COPY Skip and log malformed rows during COPY #1872
• Track memory usage with buffer manager and support spilling to disk during COPY Optimization: Rel batch insert memory usage improvement #3698
• CSV sniffing Csv sniffing #3932

Performance improvements

• Floating point compression ALP implementation #3994
• Projection & filter push down to relational database scan Optimization: Push down projection and filter predicates down to scan from source #3979
• Zone map
• Checkpoint when closing db or Recover when attaching to external Kuzu db: Feature: Checkpoint when closing db or Recover when attaching to external Kuzu db #4013
• Avoid retriving metadata information from S3/https when cache file is present: Bug: Avoid retriving metadata information from s3/https when cache file is present #4010

[prrao87]

Shall we rename this to 0.6.0 release roadmap? To be more specific.

[andyfengHKU]

I don't mind, but @ray6080 apparently thinks some of the features should be delivered in v0.5.1

[ray6080]

I don't mind, but @ray6080 apparently thinks some of the features should be delivered in v0.5.1

I think it's unclear what's the scope of v0.6.0 yet. We need to discuss this internally first.

[mxwli]

If we're releasing CSV sniffing, be sure to pack it along with #4079

[prrao87]

@ray6080 I made some minor modifications to the bullets above, please review and move around as necessary.