cool. On Wed, Aug 5, 2026 at 3:28 PM Kaxil Naik <[email protected]> wrote:
> That's awesome to hear about IBM backing as well as your & Shubham's > commitment. > > On Wed, 5 Aug 2026 at 12:38, Amit parmar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Vikram, > > > > Thank you for the warm welcome and the +1 — it means a lot! > > > > To answer your question directly: yes, both Shubham and I are part of > IBM. > > This effort is backed by IBM to bring first-class Db2 support to Apache > > Airflow, which aligns with IBM's broader investment in the open-source. > > > > We are committed to following all Apache Airflow contribution guidelines, > > maintaining the provider long-term, and being responsive to community > > feedback. > > > > We look forward to getting the PR merged. > > > > Thanks & Regards > > Amit Parmar > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2026 at 8:44 PM Vikram Koka via dev < > [email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > > > Hi Amit, > > > > > > I am very positive about having IBM DB2 support within the common.sql > > > provider. > > > I see that you already have David Blain as a sponsoring committer, and > > have > > > asserted your willingness to follow the guidelines. > > > > > > In the interest of transparency, are you and Shubham part of the IBM > > > organization? > > > > > > I look forward to seeing this materialize. > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > Best regards, > > > Vikram > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2026 at 2:21 AM Amit parmar <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Airflow community, > > > > > > > > I’d like to propose adding a new community provider for IBM Db2. > > > > Integration overview > > > > > > > > IBM Db2 is an enterprise-grade relational database management system > > > widely > > > > used across enterprise data architectures. Adding an official IBM Db2 > > > > provider to Apache Airflow will allow users to manage Db2 > connections, > > > > execute SQL queries, run ETL/ELT pipelines, and handle workflow > > > > orchestration seamlessly using dedicated hooks. > > > > The provider exposes a Db2Hook that extends DbApiHook via the ibm-db > > > client > > > > library, enabling full compatibility with SQLExecuteQueryOperator. > > > > System tests > > > > > > > > System tests will validate integration against a live IBM Db2 > instance. > > > We > > > > plan to configure continuous integration tests using containerized > Db2 > > > > instances to validate core connectivity and query execution, with > plans > > > to > > > > make test results available in alignment with Airflow system test > > > > guidelines. > > > > Proposed stewards > > > > > > > > - > > > > > > > > *Amit Kumar*, GitHub: @Amitkumar293 < > > https://github.com/Amitkumar293 > > > >, > > > > Email: [email protected] > > > > - > > > > > > > > Shubham kapoor GitHub: @ShubhamKapoor992 > > > > <https://github.com/ShubhamKapoor992>, > > > > Email:[email protected] > > > > <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > Sponsoring committer(s) > > > > > > > > - David Blain <https://github.com/dabla> > > > > > > > > Working implementation > > > > > > > > - > > > > > > > > Link to draft PR / repository: #67532 > > > > <https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/67532> > > > > > > > > Incubation commitment > > > > > > > > We commit to: > > > > > > > > - > > > > > > > > Maintaining the provider and responding to issues within a > > reasonable > > > > time > > > > - > > > > > > > > Meeting the incubation health metrics within 6 months > > > > - > > > > > > > > Participating in quarterly governance updates > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks & Regards > > > > Amit kumar Parmar > > > > > > > > > >
