+1 for the report. Thanks Ramesh
On Fri, Jun 12, 2026 at 1:00 AM Madhan Neethiraj <[email protected]> wrote: > Rangers, > > > > Please review the draft report for this quarter. > > > > Thanks, > > Madhan > > > > ## Description: > > The mission of Apache Ranger is the creation and maintenance of software > > related to a data management platform that provides real-time, consistent > > access to data-intensive applications throughout widely distributed cloud > > architectures. > > > > ## Project Status: > > Current project status: Ongoing, with moderate activity > > Issues for the board: none > > > > ## Membership Data: > > Apache Ranger was founded 2017-01-17 (9 years ago) > > There are currently 40 committers and 19 PMC members in this project. > > The Committer-to-PMC ratio is roughly 5:3. > > > > Community changes, past quarter: > > - Pradeep Agrawal was added to the PMC on 2026-05-19 > > - No new committers. Last addition was Vikas Kumar on 2026-01-16. > > > > ## Project Activity: > > - Apache Ranger 2.8.0 was released on 2026-02-26 > > - Ranger authorization support for Apache Polaris added in Polaris 1.5.0 > > release > > - community is working on 2.9.0 release, tentatively around end of June > > - added Ranger policy decision point (PDP) server, making it easier for > > non-Java services to use Ranger authorization > > - added audit server to reduce library dependencies in Ranger plugins and > make > > configurations simpler > > - added HTTP header-based authentication to support K8S deployments > > - master branch requires JDK17 i.e., JDK8 is no more supported > > - updated ranger-plugins-commons library to eliminate several dependent > > libraries > > - updated tagsync module to Trino entities > > - fix in KMS modules > > - docker setup improvements > > - performance improvements in policy CRUD > > - dependent component version updates: commons-configuration2 > > > > ## Community Health: > > - [email protected] had a 13% increase in traffic in the past quarter > > (1117 emails compared to 987) > > - 126 JIRA tickets opened and 74 closed in the past quarter. > > - 74 commits in the past quarter (82 in the past quarter) > > - 18 code contributors (authors) in this quarter (23 in the past quarter) > > > > ## Most Recent releases: > > The project has maintained a regular release cadence over the past year. > > - Apache Ranger 2.8.0 was released on 2026-02-26. > > - Apache Ranger 2.7.0 was released on 2025-07-30. > > - Apache Ranger 2.6.0 was released on 2025-02-15. > > - Apache Ranger 2.5.0 was released on 2024-08-07. > >
