Hello everyone, We are pleased to announce the release of *Apache GeaFlow (incubating) 0.8.0-incubating*!
Apache GeaFlow (Incubating) is a distributed unified stream-batch graph computing product that supports core capabilities including mixed table-graph processing, real-time graph computing, and interactive graph analysis. This is our second community release since entering the Apache Incubator, building on the foundation of 0.7.0 with significant expansion in graph algorithms, AI integration, ISO-GQL compliance, and connector ecosystem. We would like to thank everyone who contributed to this release. During this release cycle, we would like to give special thanks to Jason Yao <[email protected]> for his sustained contributions, and to shown <[email protected]> and kitalkuyo-gita <[email protected]> for their appreciable contributions to this release. Their efforts in developing key features and fixing critical bugs were instrumental in bringing this version to fruition. We would also like to thank the following community members and IPMC members for their help in reviewing and voting for this release: - Jingsong Li - Xin Wang - mingcheng - Qiang Zhou - Congbin Qiao - yaozhq - Florian Zhidong Fan Here are some highlights of this release: - *AI & Graph Intelligence*: Added vector store support, Lucene/Embedding-based search operators, graph consolidate algorithm, and CASTS for GeaFlow reasoning ability. - *Graph Algorithms*: Added Louvain community detection, label propagation (LPA), connected components (CC), cluster coefficient, and Jaccard similarity algorithms. - *ISO-GQL Compliance*: Implemented SAME predicate, PROPERTY_EXISTS predicate, and source/target predicate functions per ISO-GQL specification. - *Expanded Connectors*: Added Neo4j and Elasticsearch connectors; ODPS connector now supports dynamic partition writes; Paimon stream source support. - *Build & Infrastructure Upgrades*: Modernized build processes (JDK 8 / 11+ profile separation, gpg / compiler / nexus-staging plugin upgrades) for better maintainability and release reliability. Notable: starting from 0.8.0, the MySQL JDBC driver (GPLv2 + Classpath Exception, a Category-X license) is no longer bundled in convenience binaries — declared with `<scope>provided</scope>`. Users deploying geaflow-console or the JDBC store with a MySQL backend should download a compatible MySQL JDBC driver and add it to the runtime classpath. See the release notes for details. And the links to download and release notes: - *Download* https://geaflow.apache.org/download - *Release notes* https://geaflow.apache.org/blog/apache-geaflow-0_8_0-incubating - *Source distribution* https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/incubator/geaflow/0.8.0-incubating/ Maven artifacts for Apache GeaFlow (Incubating) can be found at: https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:org.apache.geaflow We are looking to grow our community and welcome new contributors. If you are interested in contributing to GeaFlow (Incubating), please contact us on the mailing list or on GitHub. We will be happy to help you get started. Best regards, The Apache GeaFlow (Incubating) Team
