News Archive

    New committer: Yaodong Zhang

    2023 Apr 7

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

    Yaodong Zhang is currently working on Xiaomi, he has been working for

    • Kyuubi Spark Lineage field-level lineage analysis
    • Support for Trino-JDBC connection to Kyuubi
    • Introduce the EventBus module to unify the distribution and subscription of Kyuubi events
    • Bug fixes and optimization work related to Kyuubi Server and engine

    Please join me in congratulating Yaodong!

    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.

    Apache Kyuubi 1.7.0 released

    2023 Mar 8

    We are happy to announce the availability of Apache Kyuubi 1.7.0! Visit the release notes to read about the new features, or download the released today.

    New PMC Member: Fu Chen

    2023 Jan 31

    The Project Management Committee (PMC) for Apache Kyuubi has invited Fu Chen to become our PMC Member and we are pleased to announce that he has accepted.

    Fu Chen is currently working on DXY, he has been doing significant work on Kyuubi community, such as PySpark and Arrow based results serialization, which are key features for the community and enterprise users. He is also dedicated for the Kyuubi Spark engine enhancements.

    Please join me in congratulating Fu!

    APACHE® KYUUBI BECOMES TOP-LEVEL PROJECT

    2023 Jan 19

    ASF Blog - https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/apache-kyuubi-becomes-top-level-project

    GlobeNewswire - https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2023/01/19/2592039/17401/en/Apache-Kyuubi-Becomes-Top-Level-Project.html

    New committer: Bowen Liang

    2023 Jan 19

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

    Bowen Liang is currently working on GF Securities, he focuses on security areas, including

    • Authz module, he is the most active contributor to this module
    • JDBC-based authentication mechanism
    • Asymmetric encryption signature mechanism
    • Support Kyuubi as a Spark JDBC datasource
    • Promoting Kyuubi by sharing a talk on Datafun
    • Continuously infrastructure improvements

    Please join me in congratulating Bowen!

    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.

    New committer: Kaifei Yi

    2023 Jan 19

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

    Kaifei Yi is currently working on Baidu, he has been working for

    • Major contributor of Kyuubi Spark Hive connector
    • Major contributor of Trino Frontend protocol
    • Project infrastructure, including test improvements and keeping dependencies up-to-date
    • Code review

    Please join me in congratulating Kaifei!

    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.

    ESTABLISH THE APACHE KYUUBI PROJECT

    2022 Dec 21

    WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best interests of the Foundation and consistent with the Foundation’s purpose to establish a Project Management Committee charged with the creation and maintenance of open-source software, for distribution at no charge to the public, related to a distributed and multi-tenant gateway to provide serverless SQL on data warehouses and lakehouses.

    NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee (PMC), to be known as the “Apache Kyuubi Project”, be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further

    RESOLVED, that the Apache Kyuubi be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software related to a distributed and multi-tenant gateway to provide serverless SQL on data warehouses and lakehouses; and be it further

    RESOLVED, that the office of “Vice President, Apache Kyuubi” be and hereby is created, the person holding such office to serve at the direction of the Board of Directors as the chair of the Apache Kyuubi Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache Kyuubi Project; and be it further

    RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and hereby are appointed to serve as the initial members of the Apache Kyuubi Project:

    NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Kent Yao be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Kyuubi, to serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification, or until a successor is appointed; and be it further

    RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Incubator Kyuubi podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator PMC are hereafter discharged.

    Special Order 7B, Establish the Apache Kyuubi Project, was approved by Unanimous Vote of the directors present.

    References

    [1] https://apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2022/board_minutes_2022_12_21.txt

    Top-Level Project Vote Pass!

    2022 Nov 21

    The VOTE[1] for graduating Kyuubi from Apache Incubator as a Top-Level Project has passed with 13 binding +1 votes, 28 non-binding +1 votes, and no +0 or -1 votes.

    [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/woo9lvw406q70pn1hf6l6lg9j42s9odh

    Apache Kyuubi(Incubating) 1.6.1-incubating released

    2022 Nov 16

    We are happy to announce the availability of Apache Kyuubi(Incubating) 1.6.1-incubating! Visit the release notes to read about the new features, or download the released today.

    New PPMC members: Vino Yang, Dongdong Hong and Shaoyun Chen

    2022 Sep 13

    The Podling Project Management Committee (PPMC) for Apache Kyuubi has invited new PPMC members and we are pleased to announce that they has accepted.

    Please join me in congratulating new PPMC members: Vino Yang, Dongdong Hong and Shaoyun Chen