It's that time of year again where we consider where Calcite has gone over the past year and where it's going in the future. I've been happy to see our first academic publication on Calcite finally get out this year (thanks to Edmon, Dan, Jesús, and Julian!)
It's also been really positive to see more committers join the project over the past year with many contributions in new areas. The quality of our tests has improved and the feature base continues to expand. There's a few big things that come to mind. Calcite now has some support for geometry and JSON functions and also new parsing capabilities via the babel and server modules. There are probably other important advancements that I missed. The project continues to have some challenges in keeping up with reviewing JIRA cases and PRs. Suggestions on streamlining this process are always welcome. Of course, many contributors to Calcite are doing this in their spare time. Maintaining the health of the community is another important goal. There have been a few challenges with friction among contributors but I think we're working towards resolving this. Lots going on with Avatica as well and I thank Francis has done a fantastic job of taking care of that aspect of the project. (Far better than I have done overall as PMC chair :) It's also the time to find a new chair for the coming year. If he's willing, I think Francis would be a great choice. To repeat questions from previous years: 1) What else are we doing well in the project? 2) What areas do we need to do better? Please take some time to share your thoughts! -- Michael Mior [email protected]
