Hi Auron Community, This is the first incubator report of Auron for the board meeting on Wed, 17 Sept 2025. We now kindly request your review and suggestions.
Auron The Auron accelerator for big data engine (e.g., Spark, Flink) leverages native vectorized execution to accelerate query processing. It combines the power of the Apache DataFusion library and the scale of the distributed computing framework. Auron has been incubating since 2025-08-05. Three most important unfinished issues to address before graduating:<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INCUBATOR/August2025#three-most-important-unfinished-issues-to-address-before-graduating-2> 1. Finish the source code cleanup. 2. Publish the first Apache release. 3. Grow the community and attract more contributors and users. Are there any issues that the IPMC or ASF Board need to be aware of?<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INCUBATOR/August2025#are-there-any-issues-that-the-ipmc-or-asf-board-need-to-be-aware-of-2> No How has the community developed since the last report?<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INCUBATOR/August2025#how-has-the-community-developed-since-the-last-report-2> One new committer joined the project. How has the project developed since the last report?<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INCUBATOR/August2025#how-has-the-project-developed-since-the-last-report-2> No How would you assess the podling's maturity?<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INCUBATOR/August2025#how-would-you-assess-the-podlings-maturity-2> Please feel free to add your own commentary. * Initial setup * Working towards first release * Community building * Nearing graduation * Other: Date of last release:<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INCUBATOR/August2025#date-of-last-release-1> N/A When were the last committers or PPMC members elected?<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INCUBATOR/August2025#when-were-the-last-committers-or-ppmc-members-elected-2> * Sept. 1, 2025 - Fei Wang (turboFei) Have your mentors been helpful and responsive?<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INCUBATOR/August2025#have-your-mentors-been-helpful-and-responsive-2> Yes, all the mentors are helpful and responsive on the project bootstrap and community growth. Is the PPMC managing the podling's brand / trademarks?<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INCUBATOR/August2025#is-the-ppmc-managing-the-podlings-brand--trademarks-2> Yes. Regards, Lei Wang
