Hi folks, Here's the board report draft:
## Description: The mission of Apache Polaris is the creation and maintenance of software related to a catalog for data lakes. It provides new levels of choice, flexibility and control over data, with full enterprise security and Apache Iceberg interoperability across a multitude of engines and infrastructure ## Project Status: Current project status: Ongoing (post graduation) Issues for the board: None ## Membership Data: Apache Polaris was founded 2026-02-18 (a month ago) There are currently 31 committers and 18 PMC members in this project. The Committer-to-PMC ratio is roughly 8:5. Community changes, past quarter: - No new PMC members (project graduated recently). - Adam Christian was added as committer on 2026-03-07 - Adnan Hemani was added as committer on 2026-03-07 - Christopher Lambert was added as committer on 2026-03-11 - Danica Fine was added as committer on 2026-02-27 ## Project Activity: * Release 1.4.0 Preparation: Development began on the first post-graduation release. Key focus areas include updating LICENSE/NOTICE files to reflect TLP status and adding new artifacts, such as the Python CLI. * Catalog Migrator 1.0.0: A new tool, the Catalog Migrator, reached its final voting stage (RC2). This utility is critical for users looking to migrate existing metadata from Hive or AWS Glue catalogs into Polaris. * Polaris Authorizer Refactoring: Significant progress was made on enhancing the PolarisAuthorizer. A major PR reached consensus to improve how the catalog handles authorization for external engines. * Feature Graduation: The "Generic Table" capability officially graduated from beta. This allows Polaris to manage metadata for formats beyond Iceberg, specifically providing stable support for Apache Hudi and Delta Lake. * Credential Vending: New PR activity focused on refining AWS IAM AssumeRole flows and expanding storage-scoped credentials to improve security in multi-tenant environments. Also preparation for Credential Vending support in Generic Table started. ## Community Health: * New Members: The project welcomed three new committers this month: Adam Christian, Adnan Hemani, and Danica Fine. * Community Syncs: Two major community meetings were held (March 5 and March 19). Discussions centered on the roadmap for the new Security features (Apache Ranger support, refactoring of the Polaris Authorizer, ...), Polaris Events, Polaris Console (UI). * New Communication Channels: The community launched an official YouTube channel (@ApachePolaris) to host recordings of community meetings and technical deep dives, making project updates more accessible to a global audience. * Event Planning: Preparation is underway for Iceberg Summit 2026 (April 8–9), where several talks about Polaris will happen. Please let me know if you have anything to add/change. I would like to send the report by mid next week. Thanks, Regards JB On Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 2:24 PM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > FYI, we have to report to the board this month. > > I'm preparing the board report and I will share it on this thread later > today or tomorrow. > > Regards > JB >
