v0.4.4

What's Changed 🚀

• build: update python-publish workflow @ccmao1130 (#3797)
• build(docs): fix docgen failed workflow @ccmao1130 (#3766)

✨ Features

• feat: Adds .summarize() to compute statistics @rchowell (#3810)
• feat(sql): SELECT without FROM @rchowell (#3814)
• feat: Simplify is ins to an OR chain of eqs @colin-ho (#3800)
• feat(session): Adds session class to python @rchowell (#3809)
• feat(session): Replaces direct usage of DaftCatalog with Session @rchowell (#3794)
• feat: Sequentially materialize left and right sides during hash join @colin-ho (#3735)
• feat(connect): add temporal functions @universalmind303 (#3799)
• feat: nulls first kernels @universalmind303 (#3789)
• feat(table): implement list_unique and Set aggregation @f4t4nt (#3710)
• feat: add functions to daft-connect @universalmind303 (#3780)
• feat(catalog): Defines a session for connection state @rchowell (#3782)
• feat: implement bool_and and bool_or @f4t4nt (#3754)
• feat(catalog): Defines an identifier for use across catalogs @rchowell (#3763)
• feat(optimizer): Brute force join ordering @desmondcheongzx (#3688)
• feat(swordfish): Properly buffer unordered scan tasks @colin-ho (#3751)
• feat: better sql datatype support @universalmind303 (#3750)
• feat: Adds list constructor to Expression and SQL APIs @rchowell (#3737)
• feat: spark connect set operations @universalmind303 (#3739)
• feat: add spark explain @universalmind303 (#3741)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• fix: unity managed table reads @pmogren (#3806)
• fix: boolean casts to strings and null propagation @rchowell (#3770)
• fix: catalog table names @universalmind303 (#3760)

🚀 Performance

• perf(swordfish): Parallel expression evaluation @colin-ho (#3593)
• perf: Use parquet metadata from schema inference for accurate scan task statistics @desmondcheongzx (#3784)

♻️ Refactor

• refactor: rename table to recordbatch @universalmind303 (#3771)
• refactor: port DaftContext to rust side @universalmind303 (#3767)
• refactor: renames to_struct to just struct @rchowell (#3755)

📖 Documentation

• docs: fix readthedocs build @ccmao1130 (#3824)
• docs: add scarf analytics @ccmao1130 (#3773)
• docs: Update distributed docs to add byoc mode, change name to daft cli @jessie-young (#3768)
• docs: update README.rst diagram @ccmao1130 (#3803)
• docs: update links in readme @ccmao1130 (#3779)
• docs: add footer and update broken links @ccmao1130 (#3764)

👷 CI

• ci: Allow TPCH benchmarks to use ARM cluster profile @desmondcheongzx (#3777)
• ci: Record info for TPCH benchmarks @desmondcheongzx (#3729)
• ci: send slack notification for broken links @ccmao1130 (#3742)

Full Changelog: v0.4.3...v0.4.4