Hi Ryan

It looks good to me. About the conference (summit/meetup), I will add
as soon as we have concrete plans (still working on the Summit
proposal doc).

Thanks !

Regards
JB

On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 6:30 PM Ryan Blue <b...@tabular.io> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Here’s my draft for the September Iceberg board report. Let me know if you’d 
> like to add anything!
>
> I know that JB wanted to add conference talks last time, but I’m not aware of 
> any that have happened this quarter. If you’ve given a talk recently, please 
> let me know!
>
> Ryan
>
> Description:
>
> Apache Iceberg is a table format for huge analytic datasets that is designed
> for high performance and ease of use.
>
> Project Status:
>
> Current project status: Ongoing
> Issues for the board: none
>
> Membership Data:
>
> Apache Iceberg was founded 2020-05-19 (3 years ago)
> There are currently 24 committers and 16 PMC members in this project.
> The Committer-to-PMC ratio is 3:2.
>
> Community changes, past quarter:
>
> No new PMC members. Last addition was Szehon Ho on 2023-04-20.
> No new committers. Last addition was Amogh Jahagirdar on 2023-04-25.
>
> Project Activity:
>
> Releases:
>
> PyIcberg 0.4.0 was released on 2023-07-23
> 1.3.1 was released on 2023-07-25
>
> Java:
>
> Preparing for a 1.4.0 release in Sept/Oct
> Added dependency bundles for AWS, GCP, and Azure
> Added Azure FileIO implementation
> Added API for multi-table commits
> Performance optimizations for delete file scan planning
> Spark: Implemented adaptive split sizing
> Spark: Implemented function pushdown in v2 expressions
> Flink: Added bucketing only key-by strategy
> Build: Updated to Gradle version catalog
> Making progress on the reference implementation of common views
> Continuing work on table encryption
>
> Python:
>
> 0.5.0 rc1 vote is under way
> Added support for serverless environments
> Implemented schema evolution
> Moved to Pydantic v2
> Added support for positional deletes
> Substantially improved Avro read performance
> Added conversion from Parquet to Iceberg schemas
> Added support for FSSpec and HDFS data
> Added SQL filter parsing
>
> Rust:
>
> Created a repository for the Rust implementation, iceberg-rust
> 25 PRs merged
> Implemented base table metadata (e.g., types, transforms)
> Implemented visitors for working with nested structures
> Added Avro/Iceberg schema conversion
> Added build tooling
>
> Go:
>
> Created a repository for the Go implementation, iceberg-go
> Added schema and types
>
> Community Health:
>
> The largest development in the community is the addition of the Rust and Go
> repositories, which is shown in the increase in code contributors this 
> quarter.
> The new implementations will also lead to new committers and PMC members. The
> community has had good discussions about how manage contributions, to build
> confidence in the implementations as well as to help new contributors become
> familiar with the way the Apache community operates. (Along with ASF
> requirements like license documentation.)
>
> Two community metrics show decreases. Dev list traffic tends to vary because 
> of
> how the community uses the dev list — that is, mostly for large design
> discussions. The number of issues closed was also lower than normal and is not
> expected to fluctuate. We will take a look and see what the difference is.
>
> --
> Ryan Blue
> Tabular

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