Oops, another mistake was discovered. I overlooked Ruben Quesada Lopez in the paragraph of "In terms of the community", the part about new Apache members. He is also one of the new Apache members in 2024.
Sorry about that, Ruben, and many thanks for informing me and giving me the opportunity to correct it myself. Benchao Li <[email protected]> 于2024年10月22日周二 16:10写道： > > The end of date for nominating Chair candidates should be 2024-11-05. > Sorry for the typo, I was copying it from last year's email. > > Benchao Li <[email protected]> 于2024年10月22日周二 10:04写道： > > > > Hello community, > > > > Nine years ago (22 October 2015) Calcite graduated as a top-level > > Apache project [1]. At that point, the community decided to have an > > annual "state of the project" discussion, and we arrived at that time > > of the year. > > > > We have released two versions of Calcite (1.37.0 and 1.38.0) so far in > > 2024 [2]. The number is relatively lower than previous years (4 in > > 2023, 3 in 2022). With over 300 commits, it is evident that we have > > accomplished a significant amount of work. It is worth highlighting > > features such as the introduction of the Arrow Adapter, the addition > > of support for lambda expressions in SQL, new grammars such as the AS > > MEASURE clause, ASOF join, and the EXCLUDE clause in window > > aggregations, as well as the ability to call table functions without > > the TABLE() wrapper. > > > > Regarding the sub-project Avatica, we have one release (1.25.0) so > > far, and perhaps one more [3] coming before the end of the year. There > > has been no release for Avatica Go in 2024, and it has been almost a > > year since the last release. However, there are several new commits > > that may warrant a release in the near future. The development > > activity of both Avatica and Avatica Go remains relatively low, but > > the project is healthy as there are various regular maintainers (such > > as Francis Chuang). > > > > In terms of the community, we have only one new Committer thus far, > > Norman Jordan, which is much fewer than previous years (14 in 2023, 4 > > in 2022). Many contributors have made outstanding contributions to the > > project, for which we are extremely grateful, and we hope to > > eventually invite them as Committers once they have accumulated > > sufficient merits. Our PMC team has expanded with two new PMC members, > > Sergey Nuyanzin and Mihai Budiu. Calcite grows and evolves because of > > (and thanks to) its community, and I would like to express my > > gratitude to everyone for being a part of this family and working > > together in a respectful and motivating environment. In addition to > > the membership of Calcite, there are also three new Apache members[4] > > from the Calcite community this year, namely Francis Chuang, Sergey > > Nuyanzin, and Benchao Li, indicating that our community is strong and > > stable. > > > > It was delightful to see our community members presenting talks about > > Calcite at conferences such as SIGMOD and ApacheCon Asia. Since > > Calcite has numerous users and contributors from Asia, I attempted to > > organize a dedicated track for Calcite earlier this year, but was > > unable to gather enough talks. Nevertheless, it is pleasing to note > > that we still have three talks related to Calcite. > > > > Regarding the PR review problem that has been frequently mentioned in > > past years, it persists, but it is encouraging to see that new > > reviewers are constantly joining the team. > > > > To conclude, I will repeat the questions from previous years: > > 1) What else are we doing well in the project? > > 2) What areas do we need to do better? > > > > Please take some time to share your thoughts! Note that this > > discussion is for everyone, not only for committers / PMC members; > > even if you have never sent an email to the dev list before, now it is > > a good time to do so. > > > > Finally, it has been a great privilege to serve as Calcite's PMC Chair > > this year, I've leart a lot during the journey and I am very grateful > > for the opportunity that I was given. Following our yearly rotation > > tradition, I will step down as Chair by the end of the year, and a new > > one will have to be chosen. As we discussed some time ago [5], if you > > have any suggestion and you would like to put someone forward as a > > potential next Chair, please send an email to > > [email protected]. The nomination period for the new chair > > will remain open for the next two weeks (till 2023-11-05). The PMC > > will study all proposals, discuss, and start a vote soon after > > 2023-11-05. The change will be effective some time in December once > > the resolution is approved by the board. > > > > [1] https://calcite.apache.org/news/2015/10/22/calcite-graduates/ > > [2] https://calcite.apache.org/news/ > > [3] https://lists.apache.org/thread/l5qk9z5qr57qxtd2d2yyfzm5x0yp40lp > > [4] > > https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/apache-software-foundation-welcomes-59-new-members > > [5] https://lists.apache.org/thread/gplfqs4snr1b6h62cngyvb65sz41z3fk > > > > -- > > > > Best, > > Benchao Li > > > > -- > > Best, > Benchao Li -- Best, Benchao Li
