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From: Fokko Driesprong <fokko@tabular.io>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2024 14:57:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] AVRO-3923: [Docs] Add 1.11.3 release blog (#2656)

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+title: "Avro 1.11.3"
+linkTitle: "Avro 1.11.3"
+date: 2023-09-22
+---
+
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+The Apache Avro community is pleased to announce the release of Avro 1.11.3!
+
+All signed release artifacts, signatures and verification instructions can
+be found <a href="{{< relref "/project/download" >}}">here</a>
+
+This release [addresses 39 Jira issues](https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%3DAVRO%20AND%20fixVersion%3D1.11.3).
+
+## Highlights
+
+Java
+- [AVRO-3789](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3789): Comparing maps in GenericData is wrong for certain combinations and fails for empty maps
+- [AVRO-3713](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3713): Thread scalability problem with the use of SynchronizedMap
+- [AVRO-3486](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3486): Protocol namespace not parsed correctly if protocol is defined by full name
+- [AVRO-2771](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-2771): Allow having Error in a Record
+- [AVRO-3819](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3819): Rationalize the system properties that limit allocation
+
+Python
+- [AVRO-3819](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3819): Rationalize the system properties that limit allocation
+- [AVRO-312](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-312): Generate documentation for Python with Sphinx
+
+Rust
+- [AVRO-3853](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3853): Support local-timestamp logical types for the Rust SDK
+- [AVRO-3851](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3851): Validate default value for record fields and enums on parsing
+- [AVRO-3847](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3847): Record field doesn't accept default value if field type is union and the type of default value is pre-defined name
+- [AVRO-3846](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3846): Race condition can happen among serde tests
+- [AVRO-3838](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3838): Replace regex crate with regex-lite
+- [AVRO-3837](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3837): Disallow invalid namespaces for the Rust binding
+- [AVRO-3835](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3835): Get rid of byteorder and zerocopy dependencies
+- [AVRO-3830](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3830): Handle namespace properly if a name starts with dot
+- [AVRO-3827](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3827): Disallow duplicate field names
+- [AVRO-3787](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3787): Deserialization fails to use default if an enum in a record in a union is given an unknown symbol
+- [AVRO-3786](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3786): Deserialization results in FindUnionVariant error if the writer and reader have the same symbol but at different positions
+- 
+
+In addition:
+- Upgrade dependencies to latest versions, including CVE fixes.
+- Testing and build improvements.
+- Performance fixes, other bug fixes, better documentation and more.
+
+Known issues: ∅
+
+## Language SDK / Convenience artifacts
+
+* C#: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Apache.Avro/1.11.3
+* Java: https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/avro/avro/1.11.3/
+* Javascript: https://www.npmjs.com/package/avro-js/v/1.11.3
+* Perl: https://metacpan.org/release/Avro
+* Python 3: https://pypi.org/project/avro/1.11.3
+* Ruby: https://rubygems.org/gems/avro/versions/1.11.3
+* Rust: https://crates.io/crates/apache-avro/0.16.0
+
+Thanks to everyone for contributing!