New committer: Paul Lin

The Project Management Committee (PMC) for Apache Kyuubi has invited Paul Lin to become a committer and we are pleased to announce that he has accepted.

Paul works at NetEase Games, he

• has been contributing to Kyuubi Flink engine since Jan. 2022
• refactored Flink engine by migrating to Flink SQL gateway
• implemented Flink engine YARN application mode
• supported Flink job control statements by driving joint efforts on Kyuubi community and Flink community
• made a major contribution to Flink engine type system
• participated in various discussions on the mail list and GitHub issues
• helped users resolve problems on GitHub and WeChat
• reviewed and make suggestions on designs and PRs related to the Flink engine
• improved contributor experience by adding issue templates and fixing CI issues

Being a committer enables easier contribution to the project since there is no need to go via the patch submission process. This should enable better productivity. A PMC member helps manage and guide the direction of the project.

Please join me in congratulating Paul!