The Presto Technical Steering Committee repository is a governance structure that manages technical oversight of the Presto open source project.
This repository documents the framework through which the Presto Foundation coordinates technical decisions and project direction. It establishes a Technical Steering Committee responsible for all technical oversight, with governance defined in a formal charter. The TSC operates through consensus-based decision-making where possible, with majority voting required when consensus cannot be reached. The repository serves as the central record for TSC membership, policies, procedures, and meeting information.
Developers contributing to Presto need to understand this governance structure, as all contributors must sign a Contributor License Agreement before making pull requests. The TSC maintains public communication channels including a mailing list, Slack workspace, and published calendar of meetings that are open for anyone to join. This repository is relevant primarily to those seeking to understand Presto's technical governance or participate in project-level decisions rather than those simply using Presto as a database query engine.
The project maintains active governance with documented procedures for decision-making and pull request merging. TSC membership operates on defined terms with elections for open seats, and the charter is the authoritative document governing how the committee functions and evolves. Pull requests to the repository itself follow a structured approval process requiring multiple TSC member sign-offs and a minimum review period before merging.
