Hi Dmitri Good catch.
It's highly possible we missed a NOTICE change while updating Iceberg version (in previous Polaris releases). Let me double check LICENSE and NOTICE content and fix it. I will cut a RC1 to vote as soon as the fix is there. Thanks! Regards JB On Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 5:10 PM Dmitri Bourlatchkov <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi JB, > > -1 due to NOTICE concerns > > Iceberg jars (e.g. iceberg-api-1.11.0.jar) contain a NOTICE referencing > Kite (same as in Iceberg src [1], but the Polaris bundle NOTICE does not > include it. > > Same for commons-math3-3.6.1.jar referencing Orekit [2]. > > I believe we ought to propagate that to the Polaris bundle notice, right? > > [1] https://github.com/apache/iceberg/blob/apache-iceberg-1.11.0/NOTICE > > [2] https://github.com/apache/commons-math/blob/3.6.1-release/NOTICE.txt > > Cheers, > Dmitri. > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 9:51 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I propose that we release the following RC as the official Apache Polaris > > 1.8.0 release. > > > > This corresponds to the tag: apache-polaris-1.8.0-rc0 > > > > * https://github.com/apache/polaris/commits/apache-polaris-1.8.0-rc0 > > * > > > > > https://github.com/apache/polaris/tree/645a77a4992cd29e4ae8b4f786ceaf851f2e0851 > > > > The release tarball, signature, and checksums are here: > > > > * https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/polaris/1.8.0 > > > > Helm charts are available on: > > > > * https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/polaris/helm-chart/1.8.0 > > > > NB: you have to build the Docker images locally in order to test Helm > > charts. > > > > The Python CLI wheel is available on: > > > > * https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/polaris/python-client/1.8.0 > > > > The Python CLI is also available on Test PyPI: > > > > * https://test.pypi.org/project/apache-polaris/1.8.0rc0/ > > > > You can find the KEYS file here: > > > > * https://downloads.apache.org/polaris/KEYS > > > > Convenience binary artifacts are staged on Nexus. The Maven repository > URL > > is: > > > > * > > > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachepolaris-1075/ > > > > 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 72 hours. > > > > [ ] +1 Release this as Apache Polaris 1.8.0 > > [ ] +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. > > > > Regards > > JB > > >
