Yeah, we should remove the “bug” label from anything that’s not a bug.
Improving code quality and improving code and api abstractions are good
goals, but they’re not bug fixes.

Mike

On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM Eric Maynard <eric.w.mayn...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> There are still many issues labelled as "bug" that are not bugs but feature
> requests or requests for some refactoring, e.g. (1
> <https://github.com/apache/polaris/issues/564>, 2
> <https://github.com/apache/polaris/issues/779>, 3
> <https://github.com/apache/polaris/issues/759>). I do not think that we
> should necessarily always be prioritizing these over material features.
>
> Moreover, there is of course not a single "focus" that we as a community
> must have. Some people may contribute features, while others work on bug
> fixes.
>
> The question is, on a case-by-case basis, which "Issues" must block a
> release. We can perhaps leverage tags to track this.
>
> On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM Yufei Gu <flyrain...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The label "bug" is good enough for any bugs. I was also thinking of other
> > non-bug requirements, for example, the persistence refactor.
> > Yufei
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM Robert Stupp <sn...@snazy.de> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > On 12.02.25 21:03, Yufei Gu wrote:
> > > > Thanks, Robert, for chiming in. Production readiness is indeed a
> > crucial
> > > > point, and I'm open to any proposals that can help us achieve it. I
> > also
> > > > believe this is the right time to identify any blockers. To help with
> > > > tracking, I'd suggest we add a dedicated label so we can tag related
> > > issues
> > > > and PRs.
> > >
> > > As implicitly mentioned, I think it would be good if we all tackle the
> > > issues labeled as "bug".
> > >
> > >
> > > > Automated releasing sounds really exciting—do we have any timeline in
> > > mind
> > > > for when we might see that implemented?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Yufei
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM Robert Stupp <sn...@snazy.de>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Related to the “production readiness”, we all agreed a while ago on
> > > >> focusing on bugs, stability and everything around that.
> > > >> I propose to really focus on those things instead of new
> > functionality,
> > > >> because features require a "rock solid” foundation. Once we have
> that,
> > > we
> > > >> can resume work on new features. It doesn’t mean to stop on
> > higher-level
> > > >> proposals though.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>> On 12. Feb 2025, at 08:09, Robert Stupp <sn...@snazy.de> wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Just want to note that there are still a lot of things to do
> before.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> WRT “production readiness”, as JB said, we need consensus on some
> > > things
> > > >> _quickly_. The details can only be sorted out _with_ a consensus.
> > April
> > > is
> > > >> therefore too tight IMHO - I’d really prefer the date: “it’s ready,
> > when
> > > >> it’s ready”. Instead of committing to a release deadline, I’d really
> > > prefer
> > > >> a strong commitment to security, stability and ease of use and
> release
> > > when
> > > >> it’s really ready and _everybody_ is happy with the state.
> > > >>> I also advocate to focus on the important things, not have any open
> > > >> serious bugs or even security issues.
> > > >>> Also noteworthy is the upcoming ASF requirement to have automated
> > > >> reproducible builds/releases. I’ve already started the work for
> that -
> > > and
> > > >> IMHO we should prefer automated releases over anything manual.
> > > >>>> On 11. Feb 2025, at 06:58, Jean-Baptiste Onofré <j...@nanthrax.net>
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >>>> Hi Yufei
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Thanks for volunteering for the 1.0 release ! I've started to
> review
> > > >>>> the legal aspect for this release as it will include binary
> > > >>>> distributions.
> > > >>>> The milestone scope looks good to me and makes sense.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> My only comment is about the dates. I think it's a bit early to
> > > >>>> strongly commit to specific dates. Regarding 1.0, April 2025 is
> > > >>>> do-able I think, assuming we are able to have consensus "quickly"
> on
> > > >>>> some proposals (I'm thinking about persistence layer improvements
> > for
> > > >>>> instance).
> > > >>>> As these proposals are discussed within the community, sometimes
> it
> > > >>>> takes time to discuss all the points and find a consensys.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> So, if we say, "as best effort, we target 1.0 on April 25", that's
> > > >>>> totally fine to me. But I'm not very comfortable with "1.0 will be
> > > >>>> available on April 25".
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Just my $0.01 :)
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Regards
> > > >>>> JB
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM Yufei Gu <flyrain...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >>>>> Hi folks,
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Great news—Apache Polaris 0.9 is nearly ready! Huge thanks to JB,
> > > Ryan,
> > > >>>>> Russell, Robert, Tyler and everyone who contributed. Your efforts
> > > made
> > > >> this
> > > >>>>> first release possible.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> With each release, we hit a major milestone, and now it’s time to
> > > >>>>> focus on *Apache
> > > >>>>> Polaris 1.0*. Based on our recent community discussions (issue
> 584
> > > >>>>> <https://github.com/apache/polaris/issues/584>), we’re shaping
> 1.0
> > > to
> > > >> be
> > > >>>>> the *first production-ready release*. You can check out the
> > milestone
> > > >>>>> details here <https://github.com/apache/polaris/milestone/2>.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> 1.0 will include all the key features you rely on—*credential
> > vending
> > > >> (S3,
> > > >>>>> ADLS, GCS), RBAC, and more*—plus new capabilities like
> > *S3-compatible
> > > >>>>> storage support, policy management, and persistence layer
> > > >> improvements*.
> > > >>>>> We’re excited to make Polaris even more powerful for the
> community.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> I’d also like to *volunteer as the release manager* for 1.0 and
> > look
> > > >>>>> forward to working with you all to ensure a smooth launch.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Thanks again for your support and contributions!
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Yufei
> > > >>
> > > --
> > > Robert Stupp
> > > @snazy
> > >
> > >
> >
>

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