The Go updates look good! Thanks Ryan! On Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 9:17 PM Renjie Liu <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Ryan, rust part looks good to me! > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 2:08 AM Kevin Liu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Looks great, thanks for writing this up! >> >> Can we include both of these in the community section? >> * New Iceberg project blog: https://iceberg.apache.org/blog/ >> * Ownership transfer of the LinkedIn page: >> https://www.linkedin.com/company/apacheiceberg >> >> Best, >> Kevin Liu >> >> On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 8:48 AM Ryan Blue <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Peter. I included the first 3 items already. My note about >>> timeline was intended to signal that although it is in the v4 table spec >>> section, we don't know whether it is going to actually be part of v4 just >>> yet because it is early. I'll add the Flink maintenance item, good catch. >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 8:42 AM Péter Váry <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks Ryan for preparing the report. >>>> >>>> Some small suggestions keep as much as you want: >>>> - "Ongoing discussion for adding secondary indexes, but the timeline is >>>> unclear" -> "Started discussion for adding secondary indexes. Early phase." >>>> - Stared discussion on spec update to allow efficient column updates >>>> - File Format API has been merged, work started on TCK >>>> - Flink only maintenance (no external system needed) >>>> >>>> Ryan Blue <[email protected]> ezt írta (időpont: 2026. márc. 12., Cs, >>>> 1:07): >>>> >>>>> Hey everyone, it’s that time again for a board report! >>>>> >>>>> Here’s my first draft. If you’d like to add anything please reply. >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Ryan >>>>> Description: >>>>> >>>>> Apache Iceberg is a table format for huge analytic datasets that is >>>>> designed >>>>> for high performance and ease of use. >>>>> Project Status: >>>>> >>>>> Current project status: Ongoing >>>>> Issues for the board: None >>>>> Membership Data: >>>>> >>>>> Apache Iceberg was founded 2020-05-19 (6 years ago) >>>>> There are currently 37 committers and 25 PMC members in this project. >>>>> The Committer-to-PMC ratio is roughly 5:4. >>>>> >>>>> Community changes, past quarter: >>>>> >>>>> - Prashant Singh was added to the PMC on 2026-02-23 >>>>> - Sung Yun was added to the PMC on 2026-02-23 >>>>> - Drew Gallardo was added as committer on 2026-02-23 >>>>> >>>>> Project Activity: >>>>> >>>>> Releases: >>>>> >>>>> - Go 0.5.0 was released on 2026-03-05 >>>>> - PyIceberg 0.11.1 was released on 2026-03-02 >>>>> - PyIceberg 0.11.0 was released on 2026-02-09 >>>>> - C++ 0.2.0 was released on 2026-01-26 >>>>> - Rust 0.8.0 was released on 2026-01-16 >>>>> - Java 1.10.1 was released on 2025-12-22 >>>>> >>>>> REST specs: >>>>> >>>>> - Adopted a spec for exchanging SQL UDFs >>>>> - Added referenced-by to table/view loading to support secure >>>>> DEFINER views >>>>> >>>>> v4 table spec: >>>>> >>>>> - Design docs for v4 are reaching consensus and next up are the >>>>> spec changes >>>>> - Prototypes are going into Iceberg Java for content stats and >>>>> adaptive metadata >>>>> - Added column overwrite and append to the v4 goals >>>>> - Discussing extending the expressions that can be exchanged for >>>>> new use cases >>>>> - Ongoing discussion for adding secondary indexes, but the >>>>> timeline is unclear >>>>> >>>>> Java: >>>>> >>>>> - Adding remote scan planning implementation >>>>> - Committed the pluggable file format APIs >>>>> - Implemented freshness-aware table loading for REST catalog >>>>> - Implemented idempotency tokens for REST catalog updates >>>>> - Made separator character configurable for REST catalogs >>>>> - Spark: Added module for version 4.1 >>>>> - Spark: Added schema evolution in MERGE commands >>>>> - Dropped support for Java 11 >>>>> >>>>> PyIceberg: >>>>> >>>>> - Added Python 3.13 support >>>>> - Added rollback support >>>>> - Added REST scan planning support >>>>> - Added support for storage-credentials >>>>> - Now supports timestamptz, geometry, and geography >>>>> >>>>> Rust: >>>>> >>>>> - Discussing how to refactor and modularize >>>>> - Added Arrow schema conversion with field IDs >>>>> - Adding more DataFusion integrations: create/drop table, LIKE, >>>>> LIMIT >>>>> - Added support for v2 to v3 upgrades with existing data >>>>> - Added storage trait for FileIO implementations, replacing direct >>>>> OpenDAL >>>>> - Added support for compressed metadata.json files >>>>> >>>>> Go: >>>>> >>>>> - Added support for AuthManager >>>>> - Added support for views >>>>> - Working on row lineage support from v3 >>>>> - Added support for unknown type >>>>> - Improving write support with overwrite, copy-on-write, and >>>>> merge-on-read >>>>> - Supports rolling at file size limit >>>>> - Added Hive Catalog client >>>>> >>>>> C++: >>>>> >>>>> - Website is live at https://cpp.iceberg.apache.org/ >>>>> - Adding update and write support, including fast appends >>>>> - Added REST catalog auth API, basic auth >>>>> - Implemented DataWriter for Parquet and Avro files >>>>> - Implemented SnapshotManager >>>>> >>>>> Created a new repo for a terraform provider and added a Flink >>>>> quickstart guide. >>>>> Community Health: >>>>> >>>>> We are happy to welcome Prashant and Sung as a PMC members and Drew as >>>>> a new >>>>> committer! >>>>> >>>>> The community shows steady health metrics this quarter. There was an >>>>> increase in >>>>> dev list traffic, but this metric tends to fluctuate based on >>>>> development cycles >>>>> and other factors like holidays. Unfortunately, PR and git metrics >>>>> were not >>>>> available. >>>>> >>>>> The community is also planning the third Iceberg Summit in early April >>>>> 2026. See >>>>> https://www.icebergsummit.org/ for the agenda and details. >>>>> >>>>
