Wow, this is great news! Congratulations to the entire Apache Polaris community!!!
On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 4:37 PM Dmitri Bourlatchkov <[email protected]> wrote: > Congratulations to everybody! :) > > Cheers, > Dmitri. > > On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 6:58 PM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I am excited to share that the ASF Board has approved Apache Polaris as a > > Top Level Project (TLP). This is a significant milestone for our project > > and the entire community. > > > > The PMC members for the project will include the current mentors and PPMC > > members from the podling. I am honored to serve as the VP and Chair of > the > > Polaris project. > > > > I would like to thank everyone who contributed during the incubation > > process, including our mentors, contributors, users, committers, and PPMC > > members. > > > > As we move forward, the next steps include: > > - Removing "incubating" from the project name and versions. > > - Operating as a self-governed project for releases. We now require three > > binding votes from PMC members and no longer need to start a new vote on > > [email protected]. > > - Reporting to the Board monthly for the first three months, then moving > to > > a quarterly schedule. Our next board report will be due in March. > > > > I am also currently working with the ASF M&P team on a press release to > > announce this news. > > > > I look forward to continuing our work together and growing our community. > > Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. > > > > Regards, > > JB > > >
