This list LGTM. On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 1:11 PM Andrew Lamb <al...@influxdata.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > As we have discussed previously [1], we are planning to propose [2] > "graduating" the DataFusion to its own top level Apache project. > > I would like to discuss the initial PMC members for the new top level > project. The suggestion in [1] is > > > All existing Arrow Committers and PMC members who so desired, would start > as committers or PMC members on the new DataFusion project (assuming this > is allowed by the process) > > From what I can tell, this means the PMC would be the following from the > current Arrow PMC [3]: > > Andy Grove (NVidia) > Andrew Lamb (InfuxData) > Daniël Heres (Coralogix) > Jie Wen (SelectDB) > Kun Liu (Ebay) > Liang-Chi Hsieh (Apple) > Qingping Hou (Scribd) > Will Jones (VoltronData) > > I think Raphael Taylor-Davies has told me offline he would prefer to focus > on Arrow and thus now join the DataFusion PMC, though it would be nice if > he could confirm. > > We also need to propose a chair of the new PMC -- I am happy to help anyone > who would like to do this role, or do it myself. Spending a year as the > Arrow PMC chair gave me sufficient experience to make sure the process is > smooth, in my opinion. > > If the new project is approved and created then the initial PMC will > invite the relevant existing Arrow commiters as DataFusion committers. > > Please let me know your thoughts and if there are other existing Arrow PMC > members who should be included in the proposal for initial DataFusion PMC. > > Andrew > > p.s. As part of this process, I discovered Arrow's origin as a top level > project came from splitting off from the Apache Drill project, which I had > not previously known > > > [1]: https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/discussions/6475 > [2]: https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/issues/8491 > [3]: https://arrow.apache.org/committers/ >
