Hello all,

As discussed in sync earlier on having a Lance specific sync, I have
created a slack poll [1] for a time slot. Please respond to the poll to
indicate your preferred slot. The poll will close on Monday 3/30 12pm UTC
after which I update this thread with the time and invite.

[1] https://apache-fluss.slack.com/archives/C08EQ64K600/p1774616556777039

Best regards
Keith Lee


On Thu, 26 Mar 2026 at 21:19, Keith Lee <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Jark,
>
> Agreed we can discuss this on tomorrow’s sync if time permits. Let’s play
> by ear then. I like the idea of a second slot to cover NA and LATAM too.
>
> Looking forward to the sync tomorrow.
>
> Regards
> Keith
>
> On Thu, 26 Mar 2026 at 15:36, Jark Wu <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Keith,
>>
>> Thanks for driving this.
>>
>> This is a great topic for the monthly community call tomorrow. I also
>> have some ideas regarding the Lance integration that I would like to
>> discuss. If you are open to it, we can cover both during the session.
>>
>> If we find that the agenda is too full to cover everything in our
>> monthly meeting, I suggest we consider moving to a bi-weekly cadence.
>> We could select a time slot for the second call that is more friendly
>> to the US region to ensure global contributors have a better
>> opportunity to participate.
>>
>> Best,
>> Jark
>>
>> On Thu, 26 Mar 2026 at 22:37, Giannis Polyzos <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Keith
>> > And thank you for driving this.
>> >
>> > I'm not sure if a monthly sync just for Lance is required, however I
>> think
>> > it will be good to run a sync to discuss this, identify what we need in
>> > that aspect.
>> > feature gaps, what we need to add, etc.
>> > From there, we could extract a roadmap for Lance, as we have for
>> Iceberg.
>> >
>> > Considering it's Easter holidays, I'm not sure that date will work,
>> > though. We can create a poll on Slack for those interested to see which
>> > dates/times work.
>> >
>> > Best,
>> > Giannis
>> >
>> > On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 2:35 PM Keith Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hi everyone,
>> > >
>> > > The Lance integration has come a long way with log table tiering
>> shipped in
>> > > 0.8 (FIP-5) and array types, nested rows, and FixedSizeList for vector
>> > > search added since. Great work by everyone who contributed to getting
>> it to
>> > > this point.
>> > >
>> > > As the integration matures, I think it could be helpful to have a
>> recurring
>> > > community sync to keep momentum and provide the community a good
>> picture
>> > > (roadmap) of where Fluss/Lance is at and where we are heading.
>> > >
>> > > Where things stand (as I understand it), there are a few open areas
>> that
>> > > could benefit from broader discussion:
>> > >
>> > > - Primary key table support [1]
>> > > - Flink SQL read path: batch queries and union reads [2][3]
>> > > - Data type coverage: Map type [4]
>> > > - Documentation: Lance quickstart with vector search example [5]
>> > > - Native vector search
>> > >
>> > > What a sync could look like
>> > > - Review current state and in-flight work
>> > > - Align on priorities and surface blockers early
>> > > - Coordinate across the different workstreams (write path, read path,
>> type
>> > > support, docs)
>> > > - Agree on cadence going forward
>> > >
>> > > I'm happy to drive the first sync (suggesting 10th April 8AM UTC), but
>> > > would also love to rotate facilitation if others are interested in
>> taking
>> > > turns. If this sounds worthwhile or if you have suggestions on
>> > > format/cadence please reply to this thread.
>> > >
>> > > Best regards
>> > > Keith Lee
>> > >
>> > > [1] https://github.com/apache/fluss/issues/1160
>> > > [2] https://github.com/apache/fluss/issues/2715
>> > > [3] https://github.com/apache/fluss/issues/2751
>> > > [4] https://github.com/apache/fluss/issues/2403
>> > > [5] https://github.com/apache/fluss/issues/2716
>> > >
>>
>

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