Hey Gokhan, I am delighted to see this proposal and excited to see this become reality. For the record, I am in support of this.
Thanks to you and the rest of your team for wanting to take on the "stewardship" role here. And thanks to Ryan Hatter for taking on the "sponsor" role here. Vikram On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 7:20 AM Gökhan Çetin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Airflow Community, > > I would like to propose a new provider for *Informatica*. We have already > opened a Pull Request for this ( > https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/57610). > Following the adoption of *AIP-95* and with helpful guidance from *Jarek > Potiuk *and *Kaxil Naik*, we are moving the discussion here to follow the > new provider governance rules. > > *Motivation and Background:* I submitted the current PR in its simplest > form to learn the Airflow development process. In the past, I built a > similar integration for a major banking client to collect lineage metadata > (inputs/outputs) and send it to *Informatica EDC*, providing a clear > end-to-end view of data pipelines. My goal is to bring this practical > experience into the official provider. > > *Future Roadmap & Commitment:* The current PR is a foundational version. My > roadmap includes: > > - > > Optimizing the provider and adding features to parse SQL scripts for > automatic relationship extraction. > - > > Maintaining direct technical alignment with Informatica contacts. > - > > Contributing to *Airflow Core*, specifically leveraging my Kubernetes > background to support Helm charts and containerized packages. > > *Current Status & Feedback:* I would like to express my sincere gratitude > to *Jens Scheffler* for his thorough review and valuable feedback. This > initial PR process has been an *incredibly educational experience* for me, > and I have already updated the PR to align with the latest review comments. > I remain fully available to make further adjustments as the discussion > progresses. > > *Maintenance & Stewards (AIP-95 Compliance):* We have three committed > stewards to ensure the long-term health of this provider: > > - > > Gökhan Çetin / github: cetingokhan > - > > Sertay Kabuk / github: sertaykabuk > - > > Umut Özel / github: umutozel > > I am also very grateful to *Ryan Hatter* for agreeing to be our *Committer > Sponsor*. We look forward to starting this journey in the *Incubation* > stage, viewing it as a foundation for our long-term commitment to > maintaining this provider and actively contributing to the broader Airflow > ecosystem. > > Looking forward to your feedback. > > Best regards, > > Gökhan Çetin >
