Release DataFusion 52.2.0 (minor/) Release (Feb 2026)

[alamb]

Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge?

• Part of [EPIC] DataFusion Releases #19783
• Follow on to Release DataFusion 52.1.0 (minor/patch) Release (Jan 2026) #19784

We have found a few more issues while upgrading to 52 across the ecosystem, so let' contemplate another patch release for the DataFUsion 52 line

Steps:

• Update version and changelog
• Test with DataFusion Python
• Test with DataFusion Comet
• Test with delta.rs:
• Test vortex:
• Test with iceberg-rust:
• Test with LakeSail:
• Test with parquet viewer
• Test with datafusion-materialized-views
• Voting Thread:
• Publish to crates.io

Potential Content:

Requested Bug Fixes

• [Bug] [v52 regression] FilterExec parent dynamic filters have incorrect column indices #20285 by @jackkleeman
• FilterPushdown do not generate correct column index when merge FilterExec #20109 by @haohuaijin
• Incorrect answers due to an incorrectly removed Sort before AggregateExec #20244 by @alamb
• Dynamic filter applied to the wrong table when using subqueries #20213 by @adriangb

[adriangb]

I think it's worth including #20213