Tracking issues of Iceberg Rust 0.5.0 Release

[Xuanwo]

This issue is used to track tasks of the iceberg rust 0.5.0 release.

RM: @kevinjqliu

Tasks

Blockers

Blockers are the tasks that must be completed before the release.

• refactor: Add FileIO::remove_dir_all to deprecate remove_dir #1275
• Expose datafusion table provider as python binding #1324

Build Release

GitHub Side

• Bump version in project
• Update docs
• Generate dependencies list
• Push release candidate tag to GitHub

ASF Side

• Create an ASF Release
• Upload artifacts to the SVN dist repo

Voting

• Start VOTE at iceberg community

Official Release

• Push the release git tag
• Publish artifacts to SVN RELEASE branch
• Change Iceberg Rust Website download link
• Send the announcement

For details of each step, please refer to: https://rust.iceberg.apache.org/release

[Xuanwo]

During our last sync meeting, @kevinjqliu expressed interest in serving as the release manager for this release. Are you available to take on this role?

[kevinjqliu]

Yes! I can do it

[Xuanwo]

Yes! I can do it

Great, I'm now passing the RM duties over to you. Enjoy!