Polaris website updates #2794
Polaris website updates #2794
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- Refined logo SVG files for better display consistency - Enhanced navbar JavaScript functionality - Improved branding asset quality and optimization
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| <h2 class="mb-5">What is Apache Polaris?</h2> | ||
| Apache Polaris™ is an enterprise-grade data catalog that enables seamless, secure multi-engine interoperability. Built on Iceberg's REST API, it powers your data lakehouse across Apache Doris™, Apache Flink®, Apache Spark™, StarRocks, Trino, and more. |
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Can we keep the same content as before ?
Apache Polaris is an open-source, fully-featured catalog for Apache Iceberg™. It implements Iceberg's REST API, enabling seamless multi-engine interoperability across a wide range of platforms, including Apache Doris™, Apache Flink®, Apache Spark™, Dremio® OSS, StarRocks, and Trino.
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In terms of sticking to original sentence structure, no problem. But two things I noticed when I read the current text:
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Is Polaris now a catalog for more than just Iceberg? Yes Polaris' Iceberg support is robust, but aren't other formats are supported via Generic Tables (marked as beta in the diagram like in docs)
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I didn't realize Dremio's engine was OSS. If that's so, then I could understand the case to be listed among other OSS engines. 👍🏻
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- That's a good point, agree then.
- That was discussed with @danicafine some time ago, and yes, Dremio engine is OSS.
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| Apache Polaris™ is an effort undergoing incubation at The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), sponsored by the Apache Incubator. Incubation is required of all newly accepted projects until a further review indicates that the infrastructure, communications, and decision making process have stabilized in a manner consistent with other successful ASF projects. |
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NB (already mentioned in the past): at The ASF, the trademark is "created" at graduation time. So technically Apache Polaris is not yet a TM.
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Are changes needed here, and elsewhere? I think this is verbatim from current
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It's ok, I just wanted to provide some "context" about TM.
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What changes were proposed in this pull request?
This PR modernizes the Apache Polaris website with:
Why are the changes needed?
By improving the user experience and branding, the website quality should better reflect the quality of Polaris' community and codebase. With a more delightful experience on the website, hopefully people especially newcomers are more encouraged to engage with the project.
Does this PR introduce any user-facing change?
Yes. The website now has a more modern design with improved navigation, updated messaging to more accurately represent the latest features,and better mobile experience. All changes are visual/UX improvements to https://polaris.apache.org/
How was this patch tested?
✅ ./gradlew format compileAll - all code properly formatted and compiled
✅ Local Hugo build testing with site/bin/run-hugo-in-docker.sh
✅ Mobile responsiveness confirmed across screen sizes
✅ All pages render correctly, links work, assets load properly
CHANGELOG.md
No CHANGELOG.md entry needed - these are website/documentation improvements that don't affect core Polaris functionality.