Thanks for kicking off the discussion Vinish. I can be the release manager
for 0.5.0.

-Tim

On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 9:01 PM Vinish <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have gone through the project's open issues and the earlier [DISCUSS]
> threads on this list. Based on those, the following six seem like the
> natural scope for 0.5.0-incubating, each with a tracking issue
> 1. Hudi table version 9 -
> https://github.com/apache/incubator-xtable/issues/834
> 2. Iceberg pluggable table format -
> https://github.com/apache/incubator-xtable/issues/722
> 3. Delta Kernel as the default Delta path -
> https://github.com/apache/incubator-xtable/issues/886
> 4. xtable-spark-runtime for Hudi 1.x -
> https://github.com/apache/incubator-xtable/issues/836
> 5. Cross-format indexing support -
> https://github.com/apache/incubator-xtable/issues/887
> 6. AI skills and tooling -
> https://github.com/apache/incubator-xtable/issues/888
>
> What else should we pick up? If you are working on something you would like
> in 0.5.0-incubating, please reply here.
>
> Timeline. I think we should time-box these releases and fit the scope to
> the date. If the community agrees, the cutoffs would be:
> - 0.5.0: 30 September 2026
> - 0.6.0: 15 November 2026
> - 0.7.0:  5 January 2027
>
> Realistically, some of these may not be ready by the first cutoff. If that
> happens, my preference would be to hold the date and let the scope move, so
> anything not quite ready is picked up in the next release a few weeks
> later. That said, these dates are only a starting point, and we can adjust
> them if they do not work for the community.
>
> Release manager. Stamatis started a thread on rotating the roll, and Vinoth
> kindly offered to take 0.6.0 or 0.7.0, which leaves 0.5.0 open. Any
> volunteers for 0.5.0 release manager?
>
> Thanks,
> Vinish
>

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