jbonofre commented on code in PR #3831: URL: https://github.com/apache/polaris/pull/3831#discussion_r2834178124
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See the License for the +# specific language governing permissions and limitations +# under the License. +# +title: "Apache Polaris Graduates to Top Level Project!" +date: 2026-02-19 +author: Apache Polaris +--- + +We are thrilled to announce that **Apache Polaris** has officially graduated from the Apache Incubator to +become a **Top Level Project (TLP)** at the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). + +This milestone marks a significant pivotal point for the project, moving from a promising proposal to a mature, +community-governed standard for data cataloging and access control in the open data lakehouse. + +### What is Apache Polaris? + +For those who are new to the project, Polaris is a **cloud-native, open-source catalog for Apache Iceberg**. +It provides a centralized service to manage your data across different engines and clouds, +ensuring that your Iceberg tables remain interoperable and secure. + +By providing a vendor-neutral implementation of the **Apache Iceberg REST Catalog spec**, +Polaris solves one of the biggest headaches in modern data architecture: **vendor lock-in.** +Whether you are using Dremio, Snowflake, Apache Spark, Trino, or Apache Flink, Polaris ensures they are all looking +at the same source of truth. + +### Why Graduation Matters + +Graduating to a TLP is more than just a change in title. It’s a "seal of approval" from the ASF that +the project has demonstrated: + +* **The Apache Way:** Demonstrated the ability to operate as a healthy, self-governing Apache project with Review Comment: nit: for ref, here's the key value of the Apache Way: meritocracy, consensus making decision, peer-based, collaborative development, responsible oversight ########## site/content/blog/2026/02/19/graduation-tlp.md: ########## @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +--- +# +# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one +# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file +# distributed with this work for additional information +# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file +# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the +# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance +# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at +# +# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 +# +# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, +# software distributed under the License is distributed on an +# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY +# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the +# specific language governing permissions and limitations +# under the License. +# +title: "Apache Polaris Graduates to Top Level Project!" +date: 2026-02-19 +author: Apache Polaris +--- + +We are thrilled to announce that **Apache Polaris** has officially graduated from the Apache Incubator to +become a **Top Level Project (TLP)** at the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). + +This milestone marks a significant pivotal point for the project, moving from a promising proposal to a mature, +community-governed standard for data cataloging and access control in the open data lakehouse. + +### What is Apache Polaris? + +For those who are new to the project, Polaris is a **cloud-native, open-source catalog for Apache Iceberg**. +It provides a centralized service to manage your data across different engines and clouds, +ensuring that your Iceberg tables remain interoperable and secure. + +By providing a vendor-neutral implementation of the **Apache Iceberg REST Catalog spec**, +Polaris solves one of the biggest headaches in modern data architecture: **vendor lock-in.** +Whether you are using Dremio, Snowflake, Apache Spark, Trino, or Apache Flink, Polaris ensures they are all looking +at the same source of truth. + +### Why Graduation Matters + +Graduating to a TLP is more than just a change in title. It’s a "seal of approval" from the ASF that +the project has demonstrated: + +* **The Apache Way:** Demonstrated the ability to operate as a healthy, self-governing Apache project with + the commitment to collaborative, transparent, and meritocratic development. +* **Community Health:** A diverse, sustainable, and growing group of contributors from various organizations. Review Comment: I would add something about the governance of the project. Something like "Open governance driven by the community, in transparency, vendor neutrality". -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
