Governance

Overview

DataFusion is part of the Apache Software Foundation and is governed following the Apache Way and project management guidelines, independently of commercial interests.

As much as practicable, we strive to make decisions by consensus, and anyone in the community is encouraged to propose ideas, start discussions, and contribute to the project.

People

DataFusion is currently governed by the following individuals

Name	Apache ID	github	Affiliation	Role
Andrew Lamb	alamb	alamb	InfluxData	PMC Chair
Andrew Grove	agrove	andygrove	Apple	PMC
Mustafa Akur	akurmustafa	akurmustafa	OHSU	PMC
Berkay Şahin	berkay	berkaysynnada	Synnada	PMC
Oleksandr Voievodin	comphead	comphead	Apple	PMC
Daniël Heres	dheres	Dandandan		PMC
QP Hou	houqp	houqp		PMC
Jie Wen	jakevin	jackwener		PMC
Jay Zhan	jayzhan	jayzhan211		PMC
Jonah Gao	jonah	jonahgao		PMC
Kun Liu	liukun	liukun4515		PMC
Mehmet Ozan Kabak	ozankabak	ozankabak	Synnada, Inc	PMC
Tim Saucer	timsaucer	timsaucer		PMC
L. C. Hsieh	viirya	viirya	Databricks	PMC
Ruihang Xia	wayne	waynexia	Greptime	PMC
Wes McKinney	wesm	wesm	Posit	PMC
Will Jones	wjones127	wjones127	LanceDB	PMC
Xudong Wang	xudong963	xudong963	Polygon.io	PMC
Adrian Garcia Badaracco	adriangb	adriangb	Pydantic	Committer
Brent Gardner	avantgardner	avantgardnerio	Coralogix	Committer
Dmitrii Blaginin	blaginin	blaginin	SpiralDB	Committer
Piotr Findeisen	findepi	findepi	dbt Labs	Committer
Jax Liu	goldmedal	goldmedal	Canner	Committer
Huaxin Gao	huaxingao	huaxingao		Committer
Ifeanyi Ubah	iffyio	iffyio	Validio	Committer
Jeffrey Vo	jeffreyvo	Jefffrey		Committer
Liu Jiayu	jiayuliu	jimexist		Committer
Ruiqiu Cao	kamille	Rachelint	Tencent	Committer
Kazuyuki Tanimura	kazuyukitanimura	kazuyukitanimura		Committer
Eduard Karacharov	korowa	korowa		Committer
Siew Kam Onn	kosiew	kosiew		Committer
Lewis Zhang	linwei	lewiszlw	diit.cn	Committer
Matt Butrovich	mbutrovich	mbutrovich	Apple	Committer
Metehan Yildirim	mete	metegenez		Committer
Marko Milenković	milenkovicm	milenkovicm		Committer
Wang Mingming	mingmwang	mingmwang		Committer
Michael Ward	mjward	Michael-J-Ward		Committer
Marco Neumann	mneumann	crepererum	InfluxData	Committer
Zhong Yanghong	nju_yaho	yahoNanJing		Committer
Paddy Horan	paddyhoran	paddyhoran	Assured Allies	Committer
Parth Chandra	parthc	parthchandra	Apple	Committer
Rémi Dettai	rdettai	rdettai		Committer
Raz Luvaton	rluvaton	rluvaton		Committer
Chao Sun	sunchao	sunchao	OpenAI	Committer
Daniel Harris	thinkharderdev	thinkharderdev	Coralogix	Committer
Raphael Taylor-Davies	tustvold	tustvold		Committer
Zhen Wang	wangzhen	wForget		Committer
Weijun Huang	weijun	Weijun-H	OrbDB	Committer
Yang Jiang	yangjiang	Ted-jiang	Ebay	Committer
Yoav Cohen	ycohen	yoavcloud		Committer
Yijie Shen	yjshen	yjshen	DataPelago	Committer
Yongting You	ytyou	2010YOUY01	Independent	Committer
Qi Zhu	zhuqi	zhuqi-lucas	Polygon.io	Committer

Note that the authoritative list of PMC and committers is the Apache Phonebook

Roles

• Contributors: Anyone who contributes to the project, whether it be code, documentation, testing, issue reports, code, or some other forms.

• Committers: Contributors who have been granted write access to the
  project’s source code repository. Committers are responsible for reviewing and merging pull requests. Committers are chosen by the PMC.

• Project Management Committee (PMC): The PMC is responsible for the oversight of the project. The PMC is responsible for making decisions about the project, including the addition of new committers and PMC members. The PMC is also responsible for voting on releases and ensuring that the project follows the Apache Way.

Becoming a Committer

Contributors with sustained, high-quality activity may be invited to become committers by the PMC as a recognition of their contribution to the project and their shared commitment. Committers have the significant responsibility of using their status and access to improve the project for the entire community.

When considering inviting someone to be a committer, the PMC looks for contributors who are already doing the work and exercising the judgment expected of a committer. After all, any contributor can do all of the things a committer does except for merge a PR. While there is no set list of requirements, nor a checklist that entitles one to commit privileges, typical behaviors include:

• Contributions beyond pull requests, such as reviewing other pull requests, fixing bugs and documentation, triaging issues, answering community questions, improving usability, helping with CI, verifying releases, etc.

• Contributions that are consistent in quality and sustained over time, typically on the order of 6 months or more.

• Assistance growing the size and health of the community via constructive, respectful, and consensus driven interactions, as described in our Code of Conduct and the Apache Way.

If you feel you should be offered committer privileges, but have not been, you can reach out to one of the PMC members or the private@datafusion.apache.org mailing list.

Becoming a PMC Member

Committers with long term sustained contributions to the project may be invited to join the PMC. This is a recognition of a significant contribution to growing the community, improving the project, and helping to guide the project’s direction, typically over the course of a year or more.