+1 On Thu, Nov 12, 2026 at 8:06 AM Alessandro Solimando < [email protected]> wrote:
> +1 non-binding, I have been following the project for almost a year now and > I have reviewed several PRs around query planning and AQE, and I'd like to > share my perspective, hoping it helps the PMC. > > Based on my experience within several ASF projects, I consider that > datafusion-distributed clears the quality bar in terms of design and > implementation, it is properly maintained (review process, releases, etc.). > > In the past year it has featured a growing number of issues/PRs from > multiple new contributors, working at different companies. > > The project has a welcoming atmosphere and it feels like a real community > is growing around it. > > Disclaimer: I work at Datadog alongside Gabriel and Jayant, but I am > sharing this purely with my "ASF hat" on. > > Best regards, > Alessandro > > On Thu, 12 Nov 2026 at 11:50, Gabriel Musat via dev < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > Following the community discussion [1], this vote is to determine > > whether the DataFusion PMC accepts the contribution of the > > datafusion-distributed codebase [2] as a subproject, hosted in a new > > apache/datafusion-distributed repository. > > > > DataFusion Distributed (DFD) is a Rust library for adding distributed > > execution to existing DataFusion applications. It aims to stay close to > > native DataFusion while leaving worker management, networking, and > > deployment to the embedding application. > > > > It would coexist with Ballista, which provides a customizable > > distributed engine with its own scheduler, executors, and operational > > tooling. datafusion-distributed is an embeddable distribution library > > for applications that manage their own workers, networking, and > > deployment. > > > > Jayant Shrivastava (@jayshrivastava) and I plan to continue contributing > > to and maintaining datafusion-distributed within the DataFusion > community. > > > > If the vote passes, we will work with the PMC to complete ASF IP > > clearance before moving the repository. Acceptance is subject to > > successful clearance; we are preparing the paperwork in parallel. > > > > The vote will remain open for at least seven days. DataFusion PMC votes > > are binding; everyone else is welcome to participate with a non-binding > > vote. > > > > [ ] +1 Accept datafusion-distributed as an Apache DataFusion subproject > > [ ] 0 No opinion > > [ ] -1 Reject datafusion-distributed as an Apache DataFusion subproject > > because... > > > > Here is my vote: > > > > +1 (non-binding) > > > > Thanks, > > Gabriel > > > > [1]: > > https://github.com/datafusion-contrib/datafusion-distributed/issues/784 > > [2]: https://github.com/datafusion-contrib/datafusion-distributed > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > >
