Hi Dmitri, Thanks for the verifications. The email .txt files were generated as part of the automated release process - I'm really not sure why those are there either, but didn't change it since I didn't find it to be a big issue. I'm happy to make a change to remove them for the next release (or as part of this release if RC1 doesn't pass).
I'm not familiar on the helm index background, but can confirm that there was not an "index.yaml" file generated as part of the GitHub Action. Robert/Pierre, is this something you can confirm that we had consensus on doing and if the current release should've done this? Best, Adnan Hemani On Tue, Apr 7, 2026 at 12:24 PM Dmitri Bourlatchkov <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Voting +0 for now because of the two strange .txt files and helm index > issue (below) > > Verified: > * Checksums > * Signatures > * Build from source > > So far all clear. > > However: > > $ helm repo add polaris-rc > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/polaris/helm-chart > Error: looks like " > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/polaris/helm-chart"; > is not a valid chart repository or cannot be reached: failed to fetch > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/polaris/helm-chart/index.yaml : 404 > Not Found > > IIRC, the idea was for the RCs to host a new helm index verbatim. The index > will then replace the old index at release publication time. This way we'd > be able to validate its exact contents before making it available to all > users. > > WDYT? > > Cheers, > Dmitri. > > > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2026 at 3:10 PM Dmitri Bourlatchkov <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi Adnan, > > > > I see these two files in dist... Do we really need them there? > > > > apache-polaris-1.4.0.vote-email-body.txt > > apache-polaris-1.4.0.vote-email-subject.txt > > > > Thanks, > > Dmitri. > > > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 9:37 PM Adnan Hemani via dev < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi everyone, > >> > >> I propose that we release the following RC as the official Apache > Polaris > >> 1.4.0 release. (Do not worry, there is no RC0 for this release :) > >> > >> This corresponds to the tag: apache-polaris-1.4.0-rc1 > >> * https://github.com/apache/polaris/commits/apache-polaris-1.4.0-rc1 > >> * > >> > >> > https://github.com/apache/polaris/tree/70f7a0288412f80197fca71d5f635ca221eb6331 > >> > >> The release tarball, signature, and checksums are here: > >> * https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/polaris/1.4.0 > >> > >> Helm charts are available on: > >> * https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/polaris/helm-chart/1.4.0 > >> > >> NB: you have to build the Docker images locally in order to test Helm > >> charts. > >> > >> You can find the KEYS file here: > >> * https://downloads.apache.org/polaris/KEYS > >> > >> Convenience binary artifacts are staged on Nexus. The Maven repositories > >> URLs are: > >> * > >> > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachepolaris-1063/ > >> > >> Please download, verify, and test according to the release verification > >> guide, which can be found at: > >> * > >> > >> > https://polaris.apache.org/community/release-guides/release-verification-guide/ > >> > >> Please vote in the next 96 hours (extra time given due to Iceberg > Summit). > >> > >> [ ] +1 Release this as Apache Polaris 1.4.0 > >> [ ] +0 > >> [ ] -1 Do not release this because... > >> > >> Only PMC members have binding votes, but other community members are > >> encouraged to cast non-binding votes. > >> This vote will pass if there are 3 binding +1 votes and more binding +1 > >> votes than -1 votes. > >> > >> Best, > >> Adnan Hemani > >> > > >
