Hi, Stamatis Okay, perhaps I've been a bit vague. Let me illustrate with an example, such as a recent merged PR:
https://github.com/apache/calcite/pull/4855 This PR didn't have any other committers or PMCs approving it. Best wishes, Cancai. On 2026/04/01 14:40:08 Stamatis Zampetakis wrote: > Hi Cancai, > > Can you please provide some pointers to the specific PRs? Only > committers have write access to the repo so not sure what exactly is > the problem you are referring to. > Note that in Calcite we don't have a strict RTC policy and for many > cases we have been doing CTR. > > Best, > Stamatis > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2026 at 4:38 PM jensen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thanks for raising this topic. I think establishing a basic principle for > > the Apache Calcite community is necessary. Having multiple reviewers can > > help contributors double-check their code, which is a good practice. As you > > mentioned, all of Calcite’s contributors are volunteers, and their time is > > limited. I believe contributors should be patient throughout the > > contribution process. I’m not an expert in all areas of Calcite, but I’ll > > continue learning and try to review more pull requests. > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > Zhen > > > > ---- Replied Message ---- > > | From | Cancai Cai<[email protected]> | > > | Date | 04/01/2026 21:39 | > > | To | [email protected] | > > | Cc | | > > | Subject | Merge PR principles reminder | > > I'm not sure if it's appropriate to bring this up, but I feel it's > > necessary to raise this point. > > > > Recently, I've noticed that some pull requests related to Jira issues have > > been merged without approval from committers and PMCs. Some even only > > received AI review, without any review from other committers or PMCs. I > > think this is unreasonable, and I hope this situation can be reduced in the > > future. > > > > Calcite is a project without a commercial company behind it, yet it has > > still been able to develop healthily for many years, thanks to the efforts > > of everyone in the community. This also demonstrates that Calcite's > > community governance policies are sound, and we don't need to break any > > fundamental principles. > > > > Best wishes, > > Cancai >
