Hi everyone, The time for the Impala Hackathon [1] is approaching. I am planning to be there to coordinate the event and help people get started with Impala.
In order to get a sense of how many people will participate please reply to this email and let us know if you are attending. For maximizing productivity during the event, it would be great to have the project & environment setup and ready beforehand since the first build (especially if it's inside a container) will take a while. If you start preparing your environment and you encounter issues feel free to send an email in this list in advance so we can solve any potential issues early on. Best, Stamatis [1] https://events.apache.org/events/2026/community-over-code/impala.html On Sun, Aug 9, 2026 at 11:45 AM Stamatis Zampetakis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey team, > > The time for the Hackathon is approaching. Following the guidelines in the > last email by Rich [1] and based on some offline discussions with few Impala > contributors I created a PR with an initial proposal [2] to get things > started. I don't control when it will be merged but we can amend the pages > anytime we want so there is no big time pressure. > > There is an Impala talk on 12 October 2026 14:20-15:00GMT. To maximize the > chances of attendance by folks interested in Impala I reserved an Hackathon > slot right after (15:00–18:40). If you prefer another one let me know and I > will modify the request. At the moment, very few projects have reserved slots > so we have quite a bit of liberty on picking our own. > > Best, > Stamatis > > [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/c259sy0q50pzg4ol0vmttnxg8q7dbhq3 > [2] https://github.com/apache/comdev-events-site/pull/36 > [3] > https://web.cvent.com/event/ac71ce47-2b5f-424c-abfe-5b48255315fb/summary?RefId=XSummary&session=cc8ad2f0-4e6c-40a5-a1a2-ffd2e8abe988 > > On 2026/05/07 08:49:46 Stamatis Zampetakis wrote: > > Hey team, > > > > I am about a two-hour flight away from Glasgow so I could potentially > > attend the conference and help with the Hackathon! > > > > I am rather new to Impala but have experience with Calcite so I could > > help advance work in this area, such as tickets falling under: > > * https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IMPALA-12871 > > * https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IMPALA-14404 > > > > Since I am not an Impala committer it would be nice to have someone > > alongside me that is more familiar with the project. If there is > > interest I can try to confirm my availability for the conference. > > > > Best, > > Stamatis > > > > On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 3:07 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi Impala community, > > > > > > > > We're organizing a hackathon at Community Over Code Glasgow 2026 > > > > (October 11–14) and Impala has sessions on the schedule. We'd love for > > > > your community to participate. > > > > > > > > The idea is simple: dedicated time and space at the conference for > > > > contributors (new and existing) to work together on real tasks — fixing > > > > bugs, writing docs, tackling issues that need focused attention, or > > > > onboarding new contributors. > > > > > > > > To participate, we'd need a few things from your project: > > > > • A point of contact — someone we can coordinate with on logistics > > > > and who'll be present at the event. > > > > • A list of tasks — bugs, docs, features, good-first-issues, or > > > > whatever your project wants to focus on. This helps people show up > > > > ready to contribute rather than spending the first hour figuring out > > > > what to work on. > > > > • Promotion — a message to your dev@ and users@ lists letting people > > > > know this is happening and encouraging them to attend. > > > > > > > > This is the first year we're bringing the hackathon back, so we're > > > > treating it as a pilot — we want to gauge interest before committing to > > > > scale. Even if only a few contributors from your project can > > > > participate, that's a great start. > > > > > > > > If you're interested, please reply here or reach out to me directly. > > > > Even a quick "yes, we're in" or "maybe, let's talk" is helpful as we > > > > figure out how many projects to plan for. > > > > > > > > Also, please join us in the #hackathon channel on the ApacheCon Slack — > > > > that's where we'll be coordinating as things come together: > > > > http://s.apache.org/apachecon-slack > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Rich, on behalf of the Community Over Code planners > > > > > > > > > — > > > Rich Bowen > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
