Dear Fluss PPMC and mentors, Here's the draft for this quarter's podling report. Looking forward to any feedback.
I also updated it at the cwiki: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INCUBATOR/January2026 Best, Jark Wu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Fluss Fluss is a streaming storage built for real-time analytics which can serve as the real-time data layer for Lakehouse architectures. Fluss has been incubating since 2025-06-04. ### Three most important unfinished issues to address before graduating: 1. The second release (v0.9.0) under the ASF incubator 2. Grow the community and attract more committers, contributors and users. 3. Fill out the maturity model ### Are there any issues that the IPMC or ASF Board need to be aware of? None at this time. ### How has the community developed since the last report? 1. Add 2 new committers, currently with total 17 committers. 2. The Fluss PPMC created a [LinkedIn page](https://s.apache.org/fluss-linkedin), which now has 1,302 followers, doubling organically over the past three months. 3. [Regular Monthly Community Call](s.apache.org/fluss-community-call) for October and November; December’s call was skipped due to the holiday season. 4. An “Apache Fluss × Apache Iceberg” joint webinar is scheduled for January 20, 2026, featuring contributors from both communities. 5. Community presentations and outreach: * Jark Wu and Giannis Polyzos presented at Flink Forward Barcelona (2025-10-15) * Leonard Xu presented Fluss at QCon Shanghai (2025-10-24) * Giannis Polyzos spoke at Big Data Europe (2025-11-19) * Jark Wu presented to the CMU Database Group (2025-12-08) ### How has the project developed since the last report? - Released v0.8.0 on 2025-11-09 which is the project’s first official release under the Apache Incubator. This milestone represents 4 months of collaborative development with 400+ commits from the community. - 8 new Fluss Improvement Proposals (FIPs) were submitted over the past quarter; several have already been approved and implemented. - Active development is underway for v0.9.0, targeted for release by end of January 2026. ### How would you assess the podling's maturity? - [ ] Initial setup - [ ] Working towards first release - [x] Community building - [ ] Nearing graduation - [ ] Other: Commentary: The project has successfully shipped its first Apache release and is actively growing its contributor and user base. Community engagement is strong, with regular calls, public talks, and cross-project collaboration. While still in its incubation, Fluss is steadily progressing toward graduation readiness. ### Date of last release: 2025-11-09 (v0.8.0) ### When were the last committers or PPMC members elected? 2025-11-28 ### Have your mentors been helpful and responsive? Yes. ### Is the PPMC managing the podling's brand / trademarks? Yes, everything is fine. ### Signed-off-by: - [ ] (fluss) Jean-Baptiste Onofré Comments: - [ ] (fluss) Becket Qin Comments: - [ ] (fluss) Yu Li Comments: - [ ] (fluss) Jingsong Lee Comments: - [ ] (fluss) Zili Chen Comments: ### IPMC/Shepherd notes: On Fri, 19 Dec 2025 at 17:02, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear podling, > > This email was sent by an automated system on behalf of the Apache > Incubator PMC. It is an initial reminder to give you plenty of time to > prepare your quarterly board report. > > The board meeting is scheduled for Wed, 21 January 2026. > The report for your podling will form a part of the Incubator PMC > report. The Incubator PMC requires your report to be submitted 2 weeks > before the board meeting, to allow sufficient time for review and > submission (Wed, January 07). > > Please submit your report with sufficient time to allow the Incubator > PMC, and subsequently board members to review and digest. Again, the > very latest you should submit your report is 2 weeks prior to the board > meeting. > > Candidate names should not be made public before people are actually > elected, so please do not include the names of potential committers or > PPMC members in your report. > > Thanks, > > The Apache Incubator PMC > > Submitting your Report > > ---------------------- > > Your report should contain the following: > > * Your project name > * A brief description of your project, which assumes no knowledge of > the project or necessarily of its field > * A list of the three most important issues to address in the move > towards graduation. > * Any issues that the Incubator PMC or ASF Board might wish/need to be > aware of > * How has the community developed since the last report > * How has the project developed since the last report. > * How does the podling rate their own maturity. > > This should be appended to the Incubator Wiki page at: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INCUBATOR/January2026 > > Note: This is manually populated. You may need to wait a little before > this page is created from a template. > > Note: The format of the report has changed to use markdown. > > Mentors > ------- > > Mentors should review reports for their project(s) and sign them off on > the Incubator wiki page. Signing off reports shows that you are > following the project - projects that are not signed may raise alarms > for the Incubator PMC. > > Incubator PMC
