Release 0.211

• Add ST_GeomFromBinary() and functions that convert geometries to and from Well-Known Binary format.

• Remove the verbose_stats session property, and rename the configuration property to task.per-operator-cpu-timer-enabled.

• Improve query planning performance for queries containing multiple joins and a large number of columns (#11196).

• Allow running on a JVM from any vendor that meets the functional requirements.

• Fix regression in 0.210 that causes query failure when writing ORC or DWRF files that occurs for specific patterns of input data. When the writer attempts to give up using dictionary encoding for a column that is highly compressed, the process of transitioning to use direct encoding instead can fail.

• Improve readability of columns, partitioning, and transactions in explain plains.

• Fix lack of retry for network errors while sending requests.

• Remove running and queue time limits from resource group configuration. Legacy behavior can be replicated by using the to set session properties.

• Clarify semantics of predicate in ConnectorTableLayout.

• Reduce flexibility of that a connector can return in getTableLayouts. For each column in the predicate, the connector must enforce the entire domain or none.