Release arrow-rs / parquet Minor version `55.2.0` (June 2025)

[alamb]

Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? Please describe what you are trying to do.

Let's keep the code flowing. Part of

• [EPIC] A collection of release tickets #7392

Release Checklist:

• Verify with downstream DataFusion tests: Pin to pre-release arrow / parquet version 55.2.2 datafusion#16492
• Release notes and bump version: Prepare for 55.2.0 release #7722
• test_to_pyarrow tests fail during release verification #7736
• Release Candidate + Vote thread: https://lists.apache.org/thread/4vf62rvz27drb3dwyomqtv6grj66r2gp
• Release to crates.io / approval:
• Create follow on tickets

Requested items for release

• Support write to buffer api for SerializedFileWriter #7714
• Add RecordBatch::schema_metadata_mut and Field::metadata_mut #7664

[emilk]

• I nominate adding this: Add RecordBatch::schema_metadata_mut and Field::metadata_mut #7664

[alamb]

• I nominate adding this: Add RecordBatch::schema_metadata_mut and Field::metadata_mut #7664

Since we make the patch releases from main this should indeed be released in 55.2.0

I plan / hope to make a release candidate later this week

[alamb]

I made a PR with version bump and release notes:

• Prepare for 55.2.0 release #7722

[alamb]

I hit a problem when testing the RC:

• test_to_pyarrow tests fail during release verification #7736

I will investigate