Hi Robert, That works for me.
I just wanted to gauge the community's thoughts on some of the proposals currently in progress. There is no pressure to include them, and given our monthly cadence, waiting for future cycles is not an issue. Regards, JB On Wed, Aug 26, 2026 at 8:07 AM Robert Stupp <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi JB, > > +1 to the proposed 1.8.0 schedule, and thanks for volunteering to drive it. > > I would keep this release focused on the fixes and improvements that are > ready for users today. > > For the features mentioned, I do not think we yet have a sufficiently > bounded and documented end-to-end user workflow to present any of them as a > preview or experimental feature. > There is still important design or implementation work in each area, and > the label would otherwise be ambiguous for users. > > It would be great to keep that work moving and revisit it once a feature > has a clear scope, documented behavior and non-goals, and a workflow that > users can actually evaluate. > > Cheers, > Robert > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 9:49 AM Ayush Saxena <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +1, Thanx JB for volunteering!!! > > > > -Ayush > > > > On 2026/08/24 17:06:42 Alexandre Dutra wrote: > > > Hi JB, > > > > > > +1 on your proposed schedule. > > > > > > On a personal note, and just FYI, I will be OOO for most of September, > > > but I am confident that the team is fully prepared and well-equipped > > > to lead the upcoming release successfully. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Alex > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 5:59 PM Yufei Gu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > +1 on the timeline. Thanks for the volunteering, JB! > > > > > > > > Yufei > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 5:55 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > > > > > Regarding our monthly release pace, I propose releasing Apache > > Polaris > > > > > 1.8.0 at the beginning of September. > > > > > > > > > > In addition to our usual fixes and improvements, it would be great to > > > > > include a preview or beta version of a new feature, such as > > > > > Directories, Tags, OpenLineage, or Data Sharing. > > > > > > > > > > Wdyt? > > > > > > > > > > On a related note, I plan to review the proposals that are not > > > > > currently linked to a GitHub issue. For instance, OpenLineage and > > Data > > > > > Sharing are not appearing in our tracking view: > > > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/polaris/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3Aproposal > > > > > > > > > > Linking these proposals will help provide better visibility and > > > > > insights to the community. > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > JB > > > > > > > > > >
