FYI, I will have the PR fixing Spark plugin LICENSE/NOTICE today. I suggest to also review and merge Alex's PRs (about txt file on dist and helm repository).
When done, I propose we start RC2 asap. Regards JB On Fri, Apr 10, 2026 at 12:35 PM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> wrote: > -1 (binding) > > I checked: > - source distribution > -- checksum and signature are good > -- LICENSE and NOTICE are good > -- ASF header is present in expected file > -- No binary/compiled file in the source distribution > - binary distribution > -- checksum and signature are good > -- LICENSE and NOTICE are good > - spark bundle jar (polaris-spark-3.5_2.13-1.4.0-bundle.jar on Maven > Staging Repository) > -- checksum and signature are good > -- LICENSE and NOTICE are not correct. LICENSE mentions dependencies not > actually bundled in the bundle jar file: > --- jspecify > --- jakarta annotation > --- jakarta validation > --- jakarta servlet > --- micrometer > --- commons compress > --- commons codec > --- commons io > --- commons lang > --- slf4j > --- j2objc > This should be removed from the spark bundle jar LICENSE. > > Two notes: > 1. The txt files in dist are not release blocker. They can be removed > anytime from dist dev or dist release. I would suggest to remove it now to > avoid confusion. > 2. Helm chart repo can be updated as a follow up (like Docker images), so > not a release blocker. The core artifacts for this release are OK. The > index file is provided for convenience. On previous releases, helm repo > index was provided for testing, but it was not the one we maintain (the one > on dist release is "merged"). > > I will work on a PR to fix the spark plugin bundle jar LICENSE. > > Regards > JB > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 6:37 PM Adnan Hemani via dev < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I propose that we release the following RC as the official Apache Polaris >> 1.4.0 release. (Do not worry, there is no RC0 for this release :) >> >> This corresponds to the tag: apache-polaris-1.4.0-rc1 >> * https://github.com/apache/polaris/commits/apache-polaris-1.4.0-rc1 >> * >> >> https://github.com/apache/polaris/tree/70f7a0288412f80197fca71d5f635ca221eb6331 >> >> The release tarball, signature, and checksums are here: >> * https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/polaris/1.4.0 >> >> Helm charts are available on: >> * https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/polaris/helm-chart/1.4.0 >> >> NB: you have to build the Docker images locally in order to test Helm >> charts. >> >> You can find the KEYS file here: >> * https://downloads.apache.org/polaris/KEYS >> >> Convenience binary artifacts are staged on Nexus. The Maven repositories >> URLs are: >> * >> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachepolaris-1063/ >> >> Please download, verify, and test according to the release verification >> guide, which can be found at: >> * >> >> https://polaris.apache.org/community/release-guides/release-verification-guide/ >> >> Please vote in the next 96 hours (extra time given due to Iceberg Summit). >> >> [ ] +1 Release this as Apache Polaris 1.4.0 >> [ ] +0 >> [ ] -1 Do not release this because... >> >> Only PMC members have binding votes, but other community members are >> encouraged to cast non-binding votes. >> This vote will pass if there are 3 binding +1 votes and more binding +1 >> votes than -1 votes. >> >> Best, >> Adnan Hemani >> >
