Thanks Tim, and thanks for taking it on. I have noted you as the release manager for 0.5.0-incubating.
Thanks, Vinish On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 04:58 AM, Tim Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > >
