The Apache Parquet team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Parquet MR 1.7.0. This is the first release since Parquet became a top-level project. Parquet MR is a set of Java libraries for working with the Parquet column-oriented file format for Apache Hadoop. This release is identical to the 1.6.0-incubating release, except that the packages and artifacts have been renamed to org.apache.parquet. There are no behavioral changes to make transitioning to the new names easier. The release is available here: https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/parquet/parquet-1.7.0/ We welcome your help and feedback. For more information on how to report problems, and to get involved, visit the project website at http://parquet.apache.org The Apache Parquet Team -- Ryan Blue