Congratulations! There is huge value in fixing the "small things”. I know that core maintainers often just “suck it up” and do these things in their personal time.
Who decides which work gets done? Is there a governance issue that the PMC needs to worry about? Julian > On Oct 8, 2025, at 7:44 AM, Nic Crane <[email protected]> wrote: > > Fantastic, well done for making this happen! > > On Tue, 7 Oct 2025, 23:36 Ruoxi Sun, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Great news! Thanks to all the people and organizations who made this >> possible. >> >> *Regards,* >> *Rossi SUN* >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM Li Jin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Congrats and great news! >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM Uwe L. Korn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Awesome, nice to see that this also helps Arrow! >>>> >>>> On Tue, Oct 7, 2025, at 7:04 PM, Jacob Wujciak wrote: >>>>> Awesome, great work! >>>>> Dankeschön! >>>>> >>>>> Am Di., 7. Okt. 2025 um 17:43 Uhr schrieb Wes McKinney < >>>> [email protected] >>>>>> : >>>>> >>>>>> Great news for the project! >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM William Ayd <[email protected] >>>>>> .invalid> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Great work and congratulations! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Oct 7, 2025, at 10:38 AM, Ian Cook <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Big thanks to the team at QuantStack for initiating this! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Ian >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM Jonathan Keane < >> [email protected] >>>> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Wonderful news, congratulations! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -Jon >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM Rok Mihevc < >> [email protected] >>>> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> This is great news and hopefully a sign of a trend. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>>>>> Rok >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM Antoine Pitrou < >>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> We would like to announce that the German government-backed >>>>>> Sovereign >>>>>>>>>>> Tech Agency has decided to fund critical maintenance and >>>>>>>>>>> infrastructure-related tasks for Apache Arrow. The grant is >>>> handled >>>>>> by >>>>>>>>>>> QuantStack, a French and European open source scientific >>> software >>>>>>>>>>> company which employs two Arrow PMC members, Raúl Cumplido >> and >>> I. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> This allows funding core work that is unlikely to be paid for >>> by >>>>>>>>> regular >>>>>>>>>>> corporate clients, and represents around 0.8 FTE during 2 >>> years. >>>>>>>>>>> As a matter of fact, we have already started working on some >> of >>>> the >>>>>>>>>>> items planned by this grant. I am improving the fuzzing setup >>> for >>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>>> IPC and Parquet readers in C++, while Raúl is doing a lot of >>>>>> important >>>>>>>>>>> background work on continuous integration and release >>> management. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> You can find a more detailed announcement here: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>> >> https://medium.com/@QuantStack/sovereign-tech-agency-invests-in-apache-arrows-future-with-quantstack-d2f84c21c2cc >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Feel free to repost! >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Antoine. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>> >>
