Hi JB, The report looks good to me, thanks for putting up the draft.
Thanks, Alex On Wed, Jul 29, 2026 at 2:14 PM Francois Papon <[email protected]> wrote: > > LGTM > > Thanks for the report > > regards, > > François > [email protected] > [email protected] > > Le 29/07/2026 à 07:00, Jean-Baptiste Onofré a écrit : > > Hi folks, > > > > We have to report this month. > > > > I drafted the following report: > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ## Description: > > The mission of Apache Polaris is the creation and maintenance of software > > related to a catalog for data lakes. It provides new levels of choice, > > flexibility and control over data, with full enterprise security and Apache > > Iceberg interoperability across a multitude of engines and infrastructure > > > > ## Project Status: > > Current project status: Healthy and active. > > This is Apache Polaris's first quarterly board report, following the > > initial monthly > > reports filed after the project graduated to a Top-Level Project on > > 2026-02-18. > > The transition out of incubation has been smooth: the project has > > established > > and sustained a monthly release cadence, the PMC is operating independently > > and in the Apache Way, development activity remains high, and several > > substantial feature proposals are under active discussion on the dev list. > > > > Compared with the previous report(s): the most notable change is the shift > > from > > monthly to quarterly reporting itself, marking the project's settling into a > > normal TLP rhythm. The release train established immediately > > post-graduation has > > continued without slippage (two feature releases plus a patch this period). > > The > > character of activity has also evolved (where the earlier reports centered > > on > > the graduation transition and post-graduation stabilization), this quarter > > the > > community has moved toward expanding the catalog's scope, with major design > > proposals (Data Sharing, OpenLineage, Polaris Directory) now under active > > discussion. Committer growth continued with one addition. > > > > Issues for the board: There are no issues requiring the board's attention at > > this time. > > > > ## Membership Data: > > Apache Polaris was founded 2026-02-18 (5 months ago) > > There are currently 32 committers and 19 PMC members in this project. > > The Committer-to-PMC ratio is roughly 8:5. > > > > Community changes, past quarter: > > - No new PMC members. Last addition was Sung Yun on 2026-04-27. > > - Nándor Kollár was added as committer on 2026-06-30 > > > > ## Project Activity: > > The project maintained its monthly release cadence throughout the quarter, > > continuing the train established right after graduation: > > - 1.6.0 released 2026-07-08 > > - 1.5.0 released 2026-05-18 > > - (1.4.1, a patch release, shipped 2026-05-01 at the start of the period) > > > > Development throughput on GitHub (apache/polaris) remained high over the > > reporting window (May–July 2026): > > - Pull requests: 761 opened, 651 merged > > - Issues: 90 opened, 91 closed > > - Currently open: 102 pull requests, 256 issues > > The high merge count relative to issues reflects a fast-moving, PR-driven > > workflow with a healthy review throughput. > > > > Recent release work has focused on hardening the project for production use, > > including running event listeners on a dedicated configurable executor, an > > updated MaintenanceService API, and stricter REST-layer validation of entity > > names. Broader ongoing themes include catalog federation, credential > > vending, > > and governance/policy integration. > > > > Several notable feature proposals and design discussions are active on the > > dev list this quarter, reflecting a shift from stabilization toward > > expanding > > the catalog's scope: > > - Data Sharing / Catalog Sharing: a design for securely sharing catalog > > namespaces and tables (metadata pointers) with external accounts and > > partner > > engines without copying data, including recipient credentials and > > revocation. > > - OpenLineage: a sustained proposal thread exploring how Polaris should emit > > and integrate lineage information, positioning the catalog as a lineage/ > > observability plane. This pairs with related discussions on REST > > endpoints > > exposing table metrics and events. > > - Polaris Directory: a proposal for a directory/volume-style abstraction to > > organize files and unstructured data within the catalog, extending > > Polaris > > beyond Iceberg tables toward broader data-asset management. > > > > Release voting, discussion, and decision-making continue to take place on > > the > > public dev@ list in accordance with the Apache Way. > > > > ## Community Health: > > Community health is good. Development is broadly distributed: 58 distinct > > authors opened pull requests against apache/polaris during the quarter, a > > strong contributor-diversity signal for a project only a few months past > > graduation. The project added one new committer this quarter (Nándor Kollár, > > 2026-06-30), reflecting continued growth of the contributor base on merit. > > The > > committer and PMC rolls remain diverse, spanning multiple cloud providers, > > engine and governance vendors, and independent contributors, which keeps the > > project vendor-neutral and resilient to any single contributor's departure. > > > > The volume and substance of design discussion on the dev list (spanning data > > sharing, lineage, and unstructured-data support) indicates an engaged > > community debating the project's direction openly. There were no new PMC > > members this quarter; the PMC will continue to watch for sustained > > contributors > > who are candidates for invitation. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Please let me know if you have any comments or changes. Since this is > > the first quarterly report, we don't need to detail every single > > change we did (it's impossible); we should provide overall insights > > into community and project activity. > > > > I will send the report by the end of the week. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Regards > > JB
