Congratulations to the Polaris community! This is great news! On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 3:58 PM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > I am excited to share that the ASF Board has approved Apache Polaris as a > Top Level Project (TLP). This is a significant milestone for our project > and the entire community. > > The PMC members for the project will include the current mentors and PPMC > members from the podling. I am honored to serve as the VP and Chair of the > Polaris project. > > I would like to thank everyone who contributed during the incubation > process, including our mentors, contributors, users, committers, and PPMC > members. > > As we move forward, the next steps include: > - Removing "incubating" from the project name and versions. > - Operating as a self-governed project for releases. We now require three > binding votes from PMC members and no longer need to start a new vote on > [email protected]. > - Reporting to the Board monthly for the first three months, then moving to > a quarterly schedule. Our next board report will be due in March. > > I am also currently working with the ASF M&P team on a press release to > announce this news. > > I look forward to continuing our work together and growing our community. > Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. > > Regards, > JB >
