Hi Adnan, The new helm index process was added in [3515], but I guess it was not reflected on `dev`.
The closest `dev` thread on this topic that I could find is [1]. Still, I think the PR is pretty clear. Quoting from its description: > The goal is that the exact same Helm chart index can be promoted to dist release > after a vote succeeds. I.e. we do not need to re-generate it in the 4th workflow. I believe it is a solid approach and I assumed we would follow it for 1.4.0. WDYT? [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/wo353z4scyj85bw4lfk5onc28xgznvwp [3515] https://github.com/apache/polaris/pull/3515 Thanks, Dmitri. On Wed, Apr 8, 2026 at 11:03 PM Adnan Hemani via dev <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dmitri, > > Thanks for the verifications. The email .txt files were generated as part > of the automated release process - I'm really not sure why those are there > either, but didn't change it since I didn't find it to be a big issue. I'm > happy to make a change to remove them for the next release (or as part of > this release if RC1 doesn't pass). > > I'm not familiar on the helm index background, but can confirm that there > was not an "index.yaml" file generated as part of the GitHub Action. > Robert/Pierre, is this something you can confirm that we had consensus on > doing and if the current release should've done this? > > Best, > Adnan Hemani > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2026 at 12:24 PM Dmitri Bourlatchkov <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > Voting +0 for now because of the two strange .txt files and helm index > > issue (below) > > > > Verified: > > * Checksums > > * Signatures > > * Build from source > > > > So far all clear. > > > > However: > > > > $ helm repo add polaris-rc > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/polaris/helm-chart > > Error: looks like " > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/polaris/helm-chart"; > > is not a valid chart repository or cannot be reached: failed to fetch > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/polaris/helm-chart/index.yaml : > 404 > > Not Found > > > > IIRC, the idea was for the RCs to host a new helm index verbatim. The > index > > will then replace the old index at release publication time. This way > we'd > > be able to validate its exact contents before making it available to all > > users. > > > > WDYT? > > > > Cheers, > > Dmitri. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2026 at 3:10 PM Dmitri Bourlatchkov <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi Adnan, > > > > > > I see these two files in dist... Do we really need them there? > > > > > > apache-polaris-1.4.0.vote-email-body.txt > > > apache-polaris-1.4.0.vote-email-subject.txt > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Dmitri. > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 9:37 PM Adnan Hemani via dev < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> Hi everyone, > > >> > > >> I propose that we release the following RC as the official Apache > > Polaris > > >> 1.4.0 release. (Do not worry, there is no RC0 for this release :) > > >> > > >> This corresponds to the tag: apache-polaris-1.4.0-rc1 > > >> * https://github.com/apache/polaris/commits/apache-polaris-1.4.0-rc1 > > >> * > > >> > > >> > > > https://github.com/apache/polaris/tree/70f7a0288412f80197fca71d5f635ca221eb6331 > > >> > > >> The release tarball, signature, and checksums are here: > > >> * https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/polaris/1.4.0 > > >> > > >> Helm charts are available on: > > >> * https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/polaris/helm-chart/1.4.0 > > >> > > >> NB: you have to build the Docker images locally in order to test Helm > > >> charts. > > >> > > >> You can find the KEYS file here: > > >> * https://downloads.apache.org/polaris/KEYS > > >> > > >> Convenience binary artifacts are staged on Nexus. The Maven > repositories > > >> URLs are: > > >> * > > >> > > > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachepolaris-1063/ > > >> > > >> Please download, verify, and test according to the release > verification > > >> guide, which can be found at: > > >> * > > >> > > >> > > > https://polaris.apache.org/community/release-guides/release-verification-guide/ > > >> > > >> Please vote in the next 96 hours (extra time given due to Iceberg > > Summit). > > >> > > >> [ ] +1 Release this as Apache Polaris 1.4.0 > > >> [ ] +0 > > >> [ ] -1 Do not release this because... > > >> > > >> Only PMC members have binding votes, but other community members are > > >> encouraged to cast non-binding votes. > > >> This vote will pass if there are 3 binding +1 votes and more binding > +1 > > >> votes than -1 votes. > > >> > > >> Best, > > >> Adnan Hemani > > >> > > > > > >
