Adnan, of course :)

On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 10:24 AM Dmitri Bourlatchkov <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi Adnand and All,
>
> Thanks for driving the release discussion!
>
> * [CLOSE] #552 <https://github.com/apache/polaris/issues/552>: Safety
> against unparseable locations.
>     * I believe all the work has been completed for this. Dmitri, can you
> please confirm? (Will follow up offline as well)
>
>
> I do not think 552 should be closed. I'm pretty sure there are still cases
> where storage locations that do not match the URI syntax may cause runtime
> errors.
>
> However, I'm fine with removing it from the 1.4.0 milestone. If users hit
> related problems in practice, we can accelerate fixing it.
>
> In general, it may not affect real word scenarios that much, but we should
> keep it in the backlog as a reminder to achieve total correctness in
> location string handling.
>
>
> * [DISCUSS] #650 <https://github.com/apache/polaris/issues/650> / #3395
> <https://github.com/apache/polaris/pull/3395>: MongoDB Persistence Backend
>
>
> As far as I understand, [3395] is the only remaining PR before 650 can be
> claimed "done".
>
> [3395], indeed, is under discussion [1] WRT to whether to put the new
> maintenance command into the Admin Tool or have another solution.
>
> If we are ok with putting it in the Admin Tool, PR [3395] is ready to
> merge right away and we can complete 650 for 1.4.0.
>
> Otherwise, I believe we have to push both [3395] and 650 out of 1.4.0.
>
> Given previous discussions on [1], my understanding is that we're close to
> consensus on putting NoSQL maintenance into the Admin tool for now and
> discussing follow-up work on `main`. Therefore, I propose to merge [3395]
> now.
>
> I wonder what Yufei's opinion on this is.
>
> [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/yf7nmx0sq87wzbxtjsz32cj1069jcfll
>
> [3395] https://github.com/apache/polaris/pull/3395
>
> Thanks,
> Dmitri.
>
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 12:15 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Adnan
>>
>> Thanks for starting the thread.
>>
>> Regarding the timing, I propose to bump all pending PR to 1.5.0 release.
>> As
>> part of our "release pace", we focus on monthly release and I don't see
>> any
>> strong PR that would need to delay the release.
>>
>> Thanks again!
>> Regards
>> JB
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 3:37 AM Adnan Hemani via dev <
>> [email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I've gone through the GH issues and PRs tagged to the 1.4.0 label and
>> would
>> > like to make the following recommendations for a potential Apache
>> Polaris
>> > 1.4.0 release branch cut on (tentatively) 2026-02-23.
>> >
>> > Please reply to this thread prior to that date if there is any feedback,
>> > comments, and/or concerns so that we can get community consensus before
>> we
>> > proceed with the release. If there are no replies to this email, the
>> 1.4.0
>> > release branch will be cut on 2026-02-23.
>> >
>> > Open Issues (Recommendation in []):
>> > * [PUNT] #538 <https://github.com/apache/polaris/issues/538>: Table
>> > Maintenance Support in Polaris
>> >     * No major work in progress to justify delaying the release.
>> >
>> > * [CLOSE] #550 <https://github.com/apache/polaris/issues/550>: Support
>> for
>> > GCP service account impersonation.
>> >     * I will ping Michael to do this when he is back from vacation.
>> >
>> > * [CLOSE] #552 <https://github.com/apache/polaris/issues/552>: Safety
>> > against unparseable locations.
>> >     * I believe all the work has been completed for this. Dmitri, can
>> you
>> > please confirm? (Will follow up offline as well)
>> >
>> > * [DISCUSS] #650 <https://github.com/apache/polaris/issues/650> / #3395
>> > <https://github.com/apache/polaris/pull/3395>: MongoDB Persistence
>> Backend
>> >     * It seems that discussions are still active and ongoing, and there
>> is
>> > disagreement behind getting the change into Admin Tools while the core
>> > functionality is merged already. I can see the arguments from both
>> sides to
>> > push 1.4.0 without the Admin Tools change OR to hold the release until
>> > there is agreement on these last bit of changes. What are the
>> community's
>> > thoughts? Default option (if no one chimes in): we will push the release
>> > as-is on the 23rd.
>> >
>> > * [PUNT] #2671 <https://github.com/apache/polaris/issues/2671>: DB
>> Schema
>> > Migration Between Releases
>> >     * No major work in progress to justify delaying the release.
>> >
>> > * [PUNT] #3685 <https://github.com/apache/polaris/issues/3685>:
>> > `Create_Namespace` SQL Optimization
>> >     * While there is traction, we may still be too far from a
>> load-tested
>> > fix. This should be a high priority for 1.5.0.
>> >
>> > Open PRs:
>> >
>> > * [PUNT] #2180 <https://github.com/apache/polaris/pull/2180>: Async &
>> > reliable tasks API, SPI, Store interfaces
>> >     * PR is not very active over the last few weeks and does not have
>> > enough active reviewers to see a strong path forward for merging in the
>> > next week or so.
>> >
>> > * [PUNT] #3256 <https://github.com/apache/polaris/pull/3256>: Object
>> > Storage Operations
>> >     * From the ML, it seems that there are still two rival proposals
>> that
>> > are attempting to solve similar issues. My recommendation is to unstick
>> > this discussion from the 1.4.0 release to give proper time for the
>> > discussion to resolve.
>> >
>> > When commenting, please reference the GH Issue/PR number so that we are
>> > clear on what is being discussed :)
>> >
>> > Best,
>> > Adnan Hemani
>> >
>>
>

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