Hi everyone, I think that Iceberg is about ready to graduate from the Apache Incubator. We now have 2 releases — that include convenience binaries — and have added 2 committers/PPMC members and 2 PPMC members from the original set of committers. We are seeing a steady rate of contributions from a diverse group of people and companies interested in Iceberg. Thank you all for your contributions and for being part of this community!
The next step is to agree as a community that we would like to graduate. If you have any concerns about graduation, please raise them. Below is the draft resolution for the board to create an Apache Iceberg TLP. This is mostly boilerplate, but I’ve added 2 things: 1. I’d like to volunteer to be the PMC chair of the project so I’ve added myself to the draft. Others are welcome to volunteer as well and we can decide as a community. 2. The project description I filled in is: software related to “managing huge analytic datasets using a standard at-rest table format that is designed for high performance and ease of use”. Establish the Apache Iceberg Project WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best interests of the Foundation and consistent with the Foundation's purpose to establish a Project Management Committee charged with the creation and maintenance of open-source software, for distribution at no charge to the public, related to managing huge analytic datasets using a standard at-rest table format that is designed for high performance and ease of use.. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Iceberg Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache Iceberg Project be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software related to managing huge analytic datasets using a standard at-rest table format that is designed for high performance and ease of use; and be it further RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Iceberg" be and hereby is created, the person holding such office to serve at the direction of the Board of Directors as the chair of the Apache Iceberg Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache Iceberg Project; and be it further RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and hereby are appointed to serve as the initial members of the Apache Iceberg Project: * Anton Okolnychyi <aokolnyc...@apache.org> * Carl Steinbach <c...@apache.org> * Daniel C. Weeks <dwe...@apache.org> * James R. Taylor <jamestay...@apache.org> * Julien Le Dem <jul...@apache.org> * Owen O'Malley <omal...@apache.org> * Parth Brahmbhatt <pa...@apache.org> * Ratandeep Ratti <r...@apache.org> * Ryan Blue <b...@apache.org> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Ryan Blue be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Iceberg, to serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification, or until a successor is appointed; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache Iceberg Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator Iceberg podling; and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Incubator Iceberg podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator PMC are hereafter discharged. -- Ryan Blue
