Sounds good to me, should we do a quick vote before merging? I think we don't have any detractors but to just establish consensus officially
On Sun, Jan 11, 2026 at 3:14 PM Kevin Liu <[email protected]> wrote: > I went ahead and generated a blog post for the "Iceberg Summit 2026", > please take a look! https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15013 > Would love to get this out so that we can spread awareness for the summit > and CFP deadline. > > Best, > Kevin Liu > > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2026 at 1:44 PM Kevin Liu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Awesome, thanks Danica! >> Yet another reminder that *the Iceberg Summit CFP is due in 8 days*!! On >> Jan 18th, https://sessionize.com/iceberg-summit-2026 >> >> On Fri, Jan 9, 2026 at 12:45 PM Danica Fine via dev < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Kevin, >>> >>> This looks great! Thanks to you and everyone who helped to push this >>> forward. >>> >>> As for making the first post about promoting Iceberg Summit, I love that >>> idea, and I'd love to volunteer to help write/make that happen once the PR >>> is ready to go. >>> >>> Danica >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 9, 2026 at 12:34 PM Kevin Liu <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks for the feedback everyone. I went ahead and prototype the blog >>>> page. Please take a look at >>>> https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15013 >>>> Looking for feedback from the community! >>>> >>>> I think it would be a great opportunity to launch the project blog and >>>> use the first post to highlight the Iceberg Summit 2026. ( >>>> https://www.icebergsummit.org/) >>>> >>>> Max, I definitely got the idea from your original devlist thread. >>>> Thanks! :) >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Kevin Liu >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 3:08 AM Gang Wu <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> +1 >>>>> >>>>> Apache Arrow is doing the same thing for a long time: >>>>> https://arrow.apache.org/blog/ >>>>> >>>>> Dipankar Mazumdar <[email protected]> 于2026年1月8日周四 18:30写道： >>>>> >>>>>> +1 to having a project-level blog. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> Dipankar >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 3:42 PM Renjie Liu <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> +1 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 3:44 PM Eduard Tudenhöfner < >>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> +1 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 12:27 AM Matt Topol <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> +1 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2026, 2:55 PM Yufei Gu <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> +1 >>>>>>>>>> Yufei >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 11:39 AM Neelesh Salian < >>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> +1 to this. We spoke about this during the Python sync this >>>>>>>>>>> morning too. >>>>>>>>>>> I like the format for Arrow: https://arrow.apache.org/blog. >>>>>>>>>>> It's a bit similar to Datafusion but feels more connected to the >>>>>>>>>>> Arrow >>>>>>>>>>> project overall. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 11:19 AM Russell Spitzer < >>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I'm +1 and I think we should stick to project updates and >>>>>>>>>>>> features. Release notes, events, design walkthroughs etc >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 10:18 AM Tushar Choudhary < >>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I think this is a great idea too. +1 >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>>>>>>> Tushar Choudhary >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 at 9:42 PM, Maximilian Michels < >>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Kevin, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> +1 I had a similar idea a while back: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://lists.apache.org/thread/txhw1f27pj7444t8o8jf5qoyqk2zhjxf >>>>>>>>>>>>>> / >>>>>>>>>>>>>> "[Discuss] Iceberg Blog Posts". >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> For example, Swapna Marru just published this Iceberg-related >>>>>>>>>>>>>> post on >>>>>>>>>>>>>> the Flink blog: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://flink.apache.org/2025/11/11/from-stream-to-lakehouse-kafka-ingestion-with-the-flink-dynamic-iceberg-sink/ >>>>>>>>>>>>>> It would be great to see similar posts on the Iceberg blog. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Even if we >>>>>>>>>>>>>> just put the release notes, I think that would already >>>>>>>>>>>>>> provide a lot >>>>>>>>>>>>>> more visibility for Iceberg. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Obviously, the posts should reflect the Iceberg community, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> i.e. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> revolve about Iceberg internals, using Iceberg, and not be >>>>>>>>>>>>>> affiliated >>>>>>>>>>>>>> with companies. Basically, the same rules apply to blog posts >>>>>>>>>>>>>> as to >>>>>>>>>>>>>> the rest of the code base. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Max >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Dec 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM Kevin Liu < >>>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Hey folks, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > I want to gauge the interest of starting a project-level >>>>>>>>>>>>>> blog at iceberg.apache.org/blogs/, drawing inspiration from >>>>>>>>>>>>>> the Apache Datafusion blog (datafusion.apache.org/blog/) >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > The blog would focus on project-level news and updates. I >>>>>>>>>>>>>> believe starting a project blog would be beneficial to the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> community. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > There are many great features in-development that would >>>>>>>>>>>>>> benefit from the wider visibility that the blog will provide. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thinking back >>>>>>>>>>>>>> to the V3 ratification announcement, as an Iceberg community >>>>>>>>>>>>>> member, I >>>>>>>>>>>>>> would like to see the announcement come from the project instead >>>>>>>>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>>>>>>>> summarized by various other blogs. Release notes would also be >>>>>>>>>>>>>> helpful to >>>>>>>>>>>>>> put into the blog. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > I know there were previous concerns around the logistics; >>>>>>>>>>>>>> what content belongs on the blog, who should write the blog, and >>>>>>>>>>>>>> how should >>>>>>>>>>>>>> the community/committer/PMC review the content. I'm happy to >>>>>>>>>>>>>> work with the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> community to provide general guidance. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > I strongly believe the blog would have an outsize benefit >>>>>>>>>>>>>> to the community. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Would love to hear thoughts here. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Best, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Kevin Liu >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>>>> Neelesh S. Salian >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>
