September 30, 2025

Texera Apache Incubation – Monthly Meeting Minutes

Date: September 30, 2025
Participants:

• PPMC: Yicong Huang, Xinyuan Lin, Chris Park, Jiadong Bai, Xiaozhen Liu, Yunyan Ding, Zuozhi Wang
• Mentors: Ian Maxon, Gordon K
• Guests: Qizhi Tian, Xuan Gu, Madison Lin, Ryan Zhang

1. Recent Accomplishments

Core System Enhancements

• Machine Learning Integration: Added new ML training operators for both linear and logistic regression.
• Data Visualization: A new choropleth map operator has been added for geographical data visualization.
• Architecture: The AccessControlService has been implemented as a new microservice to improve security and modularity. A diagram of the new cluster architecture is available.
• User Authentication: The user activity window has been separated from the JWT expiration to provide more flexible session management.
• Admin Settings: Added new configuration guidance in the admin settings for file upload parameters, including file size, concurrent parts, and part size.

Community and Outreach

• Official Website: Work is in progress with mentors to set up the official Apache website at https://texera.apache.org/.
• YouTube Channels: Two new YouTube channels have been launched to support the community:
  • Texera Project General
  • Texera Project Tutorials

2. September 2025 Active Contributors

This month, we’d like to recognize the following active contributors (excluding Committers and PPMC members):

• Xuan Gu
• Jae Yun Kim
• Andy Zhang
• Victor Fawole

3. v1.1.0-incubating Release Plan

A major ongoing effort is the upcoming v1.1.0-incubating release, which is planned for the next few weeks. The last major release was v1.0.0 on April 7, 2025.

Release TODO List

• 1. Namespace Preparation
  • Create dev and release namespaces on dist.apache.org.
  • Create the apache/texera repository on Docker Hub.
• 2. Artifacts Preparation
  • The release will include a source code tarball, a docker-compose tarball, and 9 docker images.
  • Each artifact will be accompanied by a signature and checksum.
• 3. Voting Procedure
  • The formal voting process will be initiated on the dev@texera.apache.org mailing list.
• 4. Wrap-up
  • Upon a successful vote, artifacts will be moved to the release namespace.
  • Docker images will be built and pushed to Docker Hub.
  • The release will be formally announced to the community.

For any questions regarding the release, please contact Jiadong Bai.