Thanks Kevin! Much appreciated! I will propose a PR for that :) (or please do if you are faster than me ;))
Regards JB On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 9:04 PM Kevin Liu <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks JB! I created https://github.com/apache/iceberg/issues/16396 to > track the follow up fixes for LICENSE and NOTICE files > > On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 11:10 AM Bryan Keller <[email protected]> wrote: > >> +1 non-binding. >> We are running our fork of 1.11.0 RC4 in our test environment, all >> validation test are passing and no issues to report. >> >> On May 18, 2026, at 10:25 AM, Russell Spitzer <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> +1 (binding) >> >> -- Robot Text Below >> >> Apache Iceberg 1.11.0 RC4 — Validation Report >> >> Tag: apache-iceberg-1.11.0-rc4 >> (6976e020b894f6a6777704df2b8c4458cb291ae9) >> Signer: Steven Wu (CODE SIGNING KEY) <[email protected]> >> AEAE 3953 E54C B1C8 C7D3 38BA 0EB5 DEF0 AE3E 299A >> >> Source dist: >> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/iceberg/apache-iceberg-1.11.0-rc4/ >> Maven stage: >> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapacheiceberg-1282/ >> >> Passed >> ------ >> - GPG signature on source tarball: good (Steven Wu, key >> AEAE3953E54CB1C8C7D338BA0EB5DEF0AE3E299A, present in >> https://downloads.apache.org/iceberg/KEYS). >> - SHA-512 on source tarball: matches >> (a4ec6ffc...c1e9e4d). >> - Git tag apache-iceberg-1.11.0-rc4 resolves to >> 6976e020b894f6a6777704df2b8c4458cb291ae9 (matches announcement). >> - Source tarball contents: >> * LICENSE (345 lines, Apache 2.0) and NOTICE (Apache Iceberg, >> 2017-2026, ASF + Kite attribution) present. >> * Apache 2.0 header check across 3,609 source files: only 3 >> files flagged (site/docs/assets/javascript/{extra.js, >> lottie-player.js, termynal.js}). >> * No stray binaries (.jar/.class/.war/.nar/.so/.dylib/.dll/.exe). >> Only image assets are present (PNG/ICO favicons and docs). >> - Build from source: >> ./gradlew build -x integrationTest -x test >> => BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 2m 17s >> => 448 actionable tasks: 438 executed, 5 from cache, 5 up-to-date >> => spark-runtime-4.1, spark-extensions-4.1, flink runtimes, and >> open-api all assembled. >> - Maven staging (orgapacheiceberg-1282): >> * All expected modules published (api, core, aws, aws-bundle, >> azure/-bundle, bigquery, bom, bundled-guava, common, data, dell, >> delta-lake, flink-{1.20,2.0,2.1}, flink-runtime-{1.20,2.0,2.1}, >> gcp/-bundle, hive-metastore, kafka-connect-{events,transforms, >> runtime}, mr, nessie, open-api, orc, parquet, snowflake, >> spark-{3.4,3.5,4.0,4.1} family + extensions + runtimes). >> * Each artifact ships .jar, .pom, .module, -sources.jar, >> -javadoc.jar, -tests.jar with matching .asc and >> .md5/.sha1/.sha256/.sha512. >> * Spot-checked iceberg-core-1.11.0.jar: >> - SHA-512 OK >> - GPG good (same Steven Wu key) >> - iceberg-build.properties inside jar: >> git.commit.id=6976e020b894f6a6777704df2b8c4458cb291ae9 >> git.closest.tag.name=apache-iceberg-1.11.0-rc4 >> git.build.version=1.11.0 >> - POM has groupId org.apache.iceberg, version 1.11.0, >> Apache License 2.0, project URL iceberg.apache.org, dev >> mailing list, GitHub issue mgmt. >> * Spot-checked iceberg-spark-runtime-4.1_2.13-1.11.0.jar >> (uber jar): >> - SHA-512 OK >> - GPG good (same key) >> - Dependency / license cross-reference on >> iceberg-spark-runtime-4.1_2.13-1.11.0.jar: >> * Bundled coordinates (44) covered by the shipped LICENSE, e.g. >> Apache (Avro/Parquet/ORC/Arrow/Hive-storage-api/Datasketches/ >> HttpComponents/Thrift via Parquet), Jackson, Caffeine, >> Aircompressor, Netty, Guava (relocated), Failsafe, Flatbuffers, >> Eclipse Collections (EDL 1.0), Eclipse MicroProfile OpenAPI, >> JTS Topology Suite (EDL 1.0), ThreeTen Extra, Project Nessie, >> Zero-Allocation Hashing, jctools. >> * Non-Apache licenses present: MIT, BSD, MPL, EDL (Eclipse >> Distribution License — BSD-style). All ASF Category A or B, >> so acceptable in a binary distribution. >> * No GPL/AGPL/Category-X dependencies. The lone "Lesser General >> Public" string in the LICENSE is verbatim text from the MPL 2.0 >> definitions section ("Secondary License"), not an actual LGPL >> dependency. >> >> Issues >> ------ >> None. JB Onofré's earlier nits on the bundle JARs (META-INF/LICENSE >> and META-INF/NOTICE duplicated alongside root LICENSE/NOTICE in the >> AWS/Azure/Flink-runtime bundles, plus extra reactor-core/reactor-netty >> NOTICE content for Azure) are real cleanup follow-ups but are not >> blockers for this RC. >> >> >> On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 7:11 AM Andrei Tserakhau via dev < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> +1 (non-binding) >>> >>> On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 12:55 PM Eduard Tudenhöfner < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> +1 (binding) >>>> >>>> - ✅ GPG signature: Good — Steven Wu, key AEAE 3953 E54C B1C8 C7D3 >>>> 38BA 0EB5 DEF0 AE3E 299A, in official KEYS >>>> - ✅ SHA512: matches (a4ec6ffc…c1e9e4d) >>>> - ✅ Tag apache-iceberg-1.11.0-rc4 → commit >>>> 6976e020b894f6a6777704df2b8c4458cb291ae9 (matches announcement; tagger >>>> Steven Wu) >>>> - ✅ Tarball == git tree, plus version.txt (1.11.0) and >>>> iceberg-build.properties (confirms commit id) >>>> - ✅ LICENSE + NOTICE present, NOTICE copyright = 2017-2026 >>>> - ✅ No stray binaries (wrapper jar intentionally not in git — gradle >>>> bootstraps it during build) >>>> - ✅ Build and tests passed >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 9:03 AM Neelesh Salian < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> +1 (non-binding) >>>>> >>>>> Verified locally: >>>>> >>>>> - SHA-512: matches >>>>> - GPG signature: Good signature from Steven Wu (CODE SIGNING KEY) < >>>>> [email protected]> >>>>> - Tag apache-iceberg-1.11.0-rc4 = >>>>> 6976e020b894f6a6777704df2b8c4458cb291ae9 >>>>> - LICENSE / NOTICE / README.md present >>>>> - dev/check-license: RAT checks passed >>>>> - No binary artifacts (.jar/.war/.nar/.class/.so/.dylib/.dll/.exe) >>>>> in source tarball >>>>> - ./gradlew build -x integrationTest -x test: Build Successful >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks Aihua for the release and all of the community for the >>>>> contributions! >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, May 17, 2026 at 10:15 PM Yuya Ebihara < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> +1 (non-binding) from Trino perspective. >>>>>> >>>>>> Confirmed that Trino CI is green. >>>>>> It runs tests against several catalogs, including HMS, Glue, JDBC >>>>>> (PostgreSQL), REST (Polaris, Unity, S3 Tables, Tabular), Nessie, and >>>>>> Snowflake. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks again for running the release! >>>>>> >>>>>> Yuya >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 1:54 PM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> +1 (non binding) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Some minor improvements to note (see below). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I checked: >>>>>>> - source distribution >>>>>>> -- signature and checksum are correct >>>>>>> -- LICENSE and NOTICE are good (nit: Presto and Delta Lake has >>>>>>> NOTICE files that could be included in the Iceberg NOTICE) >>>>>>> -- ASF header is present in all expected files >>>>>>> -- No binary file found in the source distribution >>>>>>> - AWS Bundle >>>>>>> -- signature and checksum are correct >>>>>>> -- nit: jar contains LICENSE/NOTICE in the root, but also >>>>>>> META-INF/LICENSE and META-INF/NOTICE. Usually, we should have only >>>>>>> META-INF/LICENSE and META-INF/NOTICE. Also, it seems LICENSE and NOTICE >>>>>>> are >>>>>>> packaged twice in the jar. >>>>>>> -- LICENSE and NOTICE are correct (nit: aws-crt-java, >>>>>>> aws-eventstream-java have different NOTICE then the "regular" AWS Java >>>>>>> SDK). >>>>>>> - Azure Bundle >>>>>>> -- signature and checksum are correct >>>>>>> -- LICENSE and NOTICE are good (nit: NOTICE could include NOTICE >>>>>>> content from reactor-core and reactor-netty). As for AWS bundle, >>>>>>> filtering >>>>>>> META-INF/LICENSE and META-INF/NOTICE in the shade plugin would be good. >>>>>>> - GCP Bundle >>>>>>> -- signature and checksum are correct >>>>>>> -- LICENSE and NOTICE are good (as for AWS and Azure bundle, >>>>>>> filtering on the shade plugin would be welcome). >>>>>>> - Flink Runtime >>>>>>> -- signature and checksum are correct >>>>>>> -- LICENSE and NOTICE are good. Nit: LICENSE and NOTICE are packaged >>>>>>> twice in the jar file. META-INF/LICENSE* and META-INF/NOTICE* should be >>>>>>> cleanup in favor of the Iceberg LICENSE/NOTICE. >>>>>>> - Spark Runtime >>>>>>> -- signature and checksum are correct >>>>>>> -- LICENSE and NOTICE are good >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>> JB >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 7:32 AM Aihua Xu <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi Everyone, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I propose that we release the following RC as the official Apache >>>>>>>> Iceberg 1.11.0 release. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The commit ID is 6976e020b894f6a6777704df2b8c4458cb291ae9 >>>>>>>> * This corresponds to the tag: apache-iceberg-1.11.0-rc4 >>>>>>>> * >>>>>>>> https://github.com/apache/iceberg/commits/apache-iceberg-1.11.0-rc4 >>>>>>>> * >>>>>>>> https://github.com/apache/iceberg/tree/6976e020b894f6a6777704df2b8c4458cb291ae9 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The release tarball, signature, and checksums are here: >>>>>>>> * >>>>>>>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/iceberg/apache-iceberg-1.11.0-rc4 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> You can find the KEYS file here: >>>>>>>> * https://downloads.apache.org/iceberg/KEYS >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Convenience binary artifacts are staged on Nexus. The Maven >>>>>>>> repository URL is: >>>>>>>> * >>>>>>>> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapacheiceberg-1282/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Please download, verify, and test. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Instructions for verifying a release can be found here: >>>>>>>> * >>>>>>>> https://iceberg.apache.org/how-to-release/#how-to-verify-a-release >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Please vote in the next 72 hours. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [ ] +1 Release this as Apache Iceberg 1.11.0 >>>>>>>> [ ] +0 >>>>>>>> [ ] -1 Do not release this because... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>
