v7.0.0-beta.1

What's Changed

Breaking Changes 🛠

• feat!: make dataset object store access base-aware by @jackye1995 in #6647

New Features 🎉

• feat(lsm): expose lsm api to python by @zhangyue19921010 in #6259
• feat: add branch/tag metadata maps and tag timestamps by @majin1102 in #6364
• feat: support distributed bitmap index build by @zhangyue19921010 in #6598
• feat: support segmented btree indices by @beinan in #6605
• feat: expose FTS exec internals to enable distributed planning by @vivek-bharathan in #6648
• feat: opt-in env var to drop centroids from vector index stats by @westonpace in #6654
• feat: add write ahead log appender and tailer primitives by @touch-of-grey in #6669

Bug Fixes 🐛

• fix: serialize version metadata through JNI and correct row-ID lookup by @ivscheianu in #6465
• fix: make vector distance schema nullable by @BubbleCal in #6649

Performance Improvements 🚀

• perf: avoid materializing RoaringBitmap::full() in fragment allow-list by @wkalt in #6664

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