Thanks Kevin, All, please review the doc <https://docs.google.com/document/d/19nno1RoPznbbxKOZZddZNHHafa7XULjbN6RPExdr2n4/edit?tab=t.0> and add any agenda items I may have missed. See you on Tuesday.
~ Anurag On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 11:20 AM Kevin Liu <[email protected]> wrote: > Connected with Anurag on Slack. I just added a new event to the Iceberg > Dev calendar for next week Tuesday Jan 20th from 10AM - 11AM PT, "*Iceberg > - Spark Community Sync*". It's a monthly recurring meeting and the google > meets link is set to open to the public. > Happy to make changes based on feedback. > > Best, > Kevin Liu > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 10:57 AM Kevin Liu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Looking at the current Iceberg dev calendar schedule, we have a slot next >> week Tuesday or Friday for a monthly recurring sync. Wednesday >> corresponds with the main Community Sync in some weeks. >> Please let me know the preferred day and time and I can help set it up! >> >> Best, >> Kevin Liu >> >> On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 10:58 AM Anurag Mantripragada < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Kevin, >>> >>> I'm open to ideas, but I think we could start with monthly cadence for >>> Spark syncs and increase the frequency if the community feels we need to >>> meet more often. Could you please set up a time on the Iceberg dev >>> calendar? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Anurag >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 9, 2026 at 10:16 AM Anurag Mantripragada < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks Anton and Kevin, >>>> >>>> I wrote a doc with general themes from the Spark PRs and Issues I >>>> browsed in the repo. Please feel free to add more if I may have missed >>>> anything. >>>> >>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/19nno1RoPznbbxKOZZddZNHHafa7XULjbN6RPExdr2n4/edit?tab=t.0 >>>> >>>> Looking forward to meeting you all and talking about all things Spark! >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Anurag >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 9, 2026 at 10:03 AM Kevin Liu <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> +1 great idea! >>>>> Let's start a doc with potential discussion items and find a time on >>>>> the calendar. I have permission to add events to the "iceberg dev events" >>>>> calendar. Happy to help with the logistics once the time and cadence is >>>>> decided. >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> Kevin Liu >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 4:35 PM Anton Okolnychyi <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> YES! I have been meaning to suggest the same. >>>>>> >>>>>> Can you start a doc with the pool of items to which everyone can >>>>>> contribute to? >>>>>> >>>>>> - Anton >>>>>> >>>>>> ср, 7 січ. 2026 р. о 15:30 Anurag Mantripragada < >>>>>> [email protected]> пише: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi folks, happy new year! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> (Sorry if I sent this email more than once, my attempts of >>>>>>> sending this from a different email failed) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> There are a few Spark changes the community is working on including >>>>>>> - Sort order reporting [1], [2] >>>>>>> - Spark 4.1 support [3] >>>>>>> - Future of Datafusion-Comet support [4] [5] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Community members interested in the Spark integration have been >>>>>>> discussing it in smaller groups. However, we believe that the general >>>>>>> community sync should include all updates, and discussing Spark-specific >>>>>>> matters may not be the most effective use of that sync. I was wondering >>>>>>> if >>>>>>> it will be useful to create a Spark-Iceberg integration-specific sync >>>>>>> on >>>>>>> the calendar, similar to what we have for individual proposals. This >>>>>>> sync >>>>>>> will not replace the community sync, which will still be used for >>>>>>> broader >>>>>>> discussions including any new spark topics that come out of the spark >>>>>>> sync. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If there’s interest in doing these spark breakout syncs, I’m happy >>>>>>> to volunteer to run them. Please let me know what you all think. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>> ~ Anurag >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [1] - https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14683 >>>>>>> [2] - https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14948 >>>>>>> [3] - https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14970 >>>>>>> [4] - https://github.com/apache/datafusion-comet/issues/2921 >>>>>>> [5] - >>>>>>> https://lists.apache.org/thread/vr9nsbd5nhg3d20nmtyj4b3zsw9229gd >>>>>>> >>>>>>
