LGTM. Thanks JB! -Adnan
On Tue, May 5, 2026 at 2:01 PM Yufei Gu <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi JB, > > The report LGTM to me as well. > > +1 to Robert’s suggested wording tweak for the security-release sentence. > Thanks for putting this together. > > Yufei > > On Tue, 5 May 2026 12:04:59 -0400, Dmitri Bourlatchkov [email protected] > wrote: > > Hi JB, > > The report LGTM! Thanks for putting it together! > > +1 to Robert’s suggestion. > > Cheers, > Dmitri. > > On Tue, May 5, 2026 at 4:24 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré [email protected] wrote: > > 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 >
