Great news, congrats everyone! Looking forward to collaborating in the future as a TLP :)
On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 5:48 PM Danica Fine via dev <[email protected]> wrote: > Incredible job, everyone! > > On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 5:37 PM Neelesh Salian <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > >
