The Apache Calcite PMC is pleased to announce Apache Calcite release 1.17.0.

This release comes four months after 1.16.0. It includes more than 90 resolved issues, comprising a large number of new features as well as general improvements and bug-fixes. Among others:

• Implemented Babel SQL parser that accepts all SQL dialects.
• Allowed JDK 8 language level for core module.
• Calcite has been upgraded to use Avatica 1.12.0

See the release notes; download the release.