Hi Adnan, I will take a look at this. It could be related to the transition from dist/incubator/polaris to dist/polaris following graduation.
I will keep you posted asap. Regards, JB On Tue, Mar 17, 2026 at 12:57 AM Adnan Hemani via dev < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I opened https://github.com/apache/polaris/pull/4005 as a quick fix based > on my understanding of the issue I'm facing during release materials > generation. Here's a quick rundown of the issue that I think I'm facing > (see GH PR link for the full error): > > I'm getting an SVN issue when trying to add the newly-generated Helm charts > to the Apache Polaris repo. My understanding is that this issue occurs > because the `helm-chart` subdirectory isn't already added to the SVN > repository. When comparing the 1.3.0-incubating release's workflow [1], the > `helm-chart` subdirectory already existed, which is why we didn't see this > issue before. After moving out of the incubator, this subdirectory doesn't > pre-exist when running our release scripts. > > The underlying assumption I'm making as part of #4005 is that the > `index.yml` file that already exists in the `helm-chart` subdirectory in > the incubator repo isn't important to pre-exist, as we re-generate this > file in the following step anyways. > > Can someone with more experience with the automated release system comment > if this is the right approach or if the `index.yml` is truly important to > have at this step in the release pipeline? > > Best, > Adnan Hemani > > [1] > > https://github.com/apache/polaris/actions/runs/20854821902/job/59920537649#step:9:55 >
