That works for me. I will update the report accordingly. Thanks Robert! Regards JB
On Tue, May 5, 2026 at 10:15 AM Robert Stupp <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi JB, > > Just a minor wording fix: > Instead of "The PMC worked efficiently on identifying, reporting, fixing, > releasing these security issues.", it reads a bit like "we've released > something with the security issues" (at least to me), > maybe use "The PMC worked efficiently on identifying, reporting, and fixing > these security issues with the ASF security team and releasing a > patch-version with the fixes." > > Robert > > On Tue, May 5, 2026 at 9:56 AM Francois Papon < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > LGTM > > > > Thanks JB! > > > > regards, > > > > François > > [email protected] > > [email protected] > > > > Le 05/05/2026 à 09:32, Jean-Baptiste Onofré a écrit : > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > We have to report this month (the third and last monthly report post > > > graduation before reporting every quarter). > > > I drafted the following report: > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ## Description: > > > The mission of Apache Polaris is the creation and maintenance of > software > > > related to a catalog for data lakes. It provides new levels of choice, > > > flexibility and control over data, with full enterprise security and > > Apache > > > Iceberg interoperability across a multitude of engines and > infrastructure > > > > > > ## Project Status: > > > Current project status: Ongoing > > > Issues for the board: None > > > > > > ## Membership Data: > > > Apache Polaris was founded 2026-02-18 (3 months ago) > > > There are currently 31 committers and 19 PMC members in this project. > > > The Committer-to-PMC ratio is roughly 8:5. > > > > > > Community changes, past quarter: > > > - Sung Yun was added to the PMC on 2026-04-27 > > > - Adam Christian was added as committer on 2026-03-07 > > > - Adnan Hemani was added as committer on 2026-03-07 > > > - Christopher Lambert was added as committer on 2026-03-11 > > > - Danica Fine was added as committer on 2026-02-27 > > > > > > ## Project Activity: > > > Apache Polaris 1.4.0 was released on April 23, 2026, making the > project's > > > first major release as fully graduated TLP. This release represents a > > > significant milestone, with the project returning to a regalar monthly > > > cadence > > > following graduation. The 1.4.0 release highlights are: > > > - Credential vending support for Azure and Google Cloud Storage > backends > > > - Catalog federation design advances, allowing Polaris to serve as a > > front > > > for > > > multiple catalog backends in multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, > > GCS) > > > - S3 KMS encryption support for AWS-backed catalogs > > > - Polaris Python CLI 1.4.0 released alongside the server distribution > > > > > > Quickly after, Apache Polaris 1.4.1 was released on May 1, 2026, as a > > > security > > > release, fixing 4 CVEs: > > > - CVE-2026-42809 > > > - CVE-2026-42810 > > > - CVE-2026-42811 > > > - CVE-2026-42812 The PMC worked efficiently on identifying, reporting, > > > fixing, > > > releasing these security issues. > > > > > > ## Community Health: > > > Sung Yun has been elected as new PMC member on 2026_04-27. > > Post-graduation > > > development has been highly active, with multiple design proposals > > advancing > > > simultaneously on the dev mailing list (69% increase in traffic in the > > past > > > quarter). We can note the following active design proposals in the > > > community: > > > - Apache Ranger Authorization RFC: the community proposes opt-in Ranger > > > integration for organizations running Ranger alongside Hive, Spark, > > and > > > Trino. It provides unified governance framework eliminating policy > > > duplication. > > > - OpenLineage integration: the community is discussing OpenLineage > > > integration, around events, and proxy approaches. > > > - AGENTS.md: the community discussed about adding AGENDS.md to the > > > repository > > > to provide agent-readable metadata. It improves the compatibility > > with AI > > > coding tools and automated contribution workflows. This reflects a > > broader > > > trend across the ASF projects to address AI tooling in the > development > > > workflow. > > > > > > In terms of event outreach, Iceberg Summit 2026 showed Apache Polaris > > > features > > > prominently as part of the open lakehouse ecosystem. Polaris Community > > > Sprint > > > gathered Polaris community members to discuss proposals. Also Iceberg > > > Pre-Summit Meetup hosted by Bloomberg Engineering included Polaris > > > representation. > > > > > > On the trademark part, the PMC is actively managing third-party use of > > the > > > Polaris brand in compliance with The ASF branding guidelines. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > Please let me know if I forgot anything, or if you want me to make > > changes. > > > > > > I will send the report by the end of the week. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Regards > > > JB > > > > > >
