Release notes for 417

[martint]

No description provided.

[raunaqmorarka]

# Hive
* Fix inefficient packing of data within files written by the optimized parquet writer. ({issue}`17373`)

# Hudi, Delta, Iceberg
* Fix inefficient packing of data within files written by the parquet writer. ({issue}`17373`)

[findepi]

Delta
* Improve read performance for tables with row (struct) columns when only subset of fields is needed by a query.

#17085

[ebyhr]

# Delta Lake
* Add support for [`COMMENT ON VIEW`](/sql/comment). ({issue}`17089`)

#17089

[sopel39]

General
* Improve performance of `UNION ALL` queries. ({issue}`17265`)

#17265

[sopel39]

Hive:
* Use retained size for specifying maximum size of file listing cache. New config properties
  were added (`hive.file-status-cache.max-retained-size` and `hive.per-transaction-file-status-cache.max-retained-size`).
  `hive.per-transaction-file-status-cache-maximum-size` and `hive.file-status-cache-size`
  are now obsolete. ({issue}`17285`)

#17285

[raunaqmorarka]

# Hive
* Improve the layout of data in parquet files produced by the optimized parquet writer for faster reads. ({issue}`17404`)

# Hudi, Iceberg, Delta
* Improve the layout of data in parquet files for faster reads. ({issue}`17404`)

#17404