[Release] arrow-java-root-18.3.0-source-release.zip includes JNI binaries

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#743 opened on May 11, 2025 3 comments 1 reaction 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 3/5
Estimated time: 1-2 days
Newbie friendliness: 35/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: java
Domain: release

Research direction

Start with the v18.3.0-rc2 source-release.zip and inspect how its jni/ and testing/ directories are assembled. Determine whether JNI binaries and testing/ belong in the source archive, then verify the resulting archive no longer includes the unwanted binaries and remains a valid source release.

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Type: bug

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This is not a release blocker.

https://github.com/apache/arrow-java/releases/download/v18.3.0-rc2/arrow-java-root-18.3.0-source-release.zip

JNI binaries are large. Can we remove them from source-release.zip?

$ LANG=C du -hsc arrow-java-root-18.3.0/jni/*
236K	arrow-java-root-18.3.0/jni/arrow_cdata_jni/
272M	arrow-java-root-18.3.0/jni/arrow_dataset_jni/
156M	arrow-java-root-18.3.0/jni/arrow_orc_jni/
444M	arrow-java-root-18.3.0/jni/gandiva_jni/
871M	total

source-release.zip also has testing/. It's not so large but should we remove it? Or should we keep it?

$ LANG=C du -hsc arrow-java-root-18.3.0/testing
8.8M	arrow-java-root-18.3.0/testing
8.8M	total

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