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Coordination of Cassandra 6.0 release
Hi guys,
should we not coordinate the 6.0 release somehow? Does it still hold
that we are aiming to release it this April (1) ? It is two months
from now which honestly feels like "tomorrow" heh, given how this
space moves.
We do want Java 21 in there, right? How is that going? Anything else
we should include there? What are the general vibes around 6.0 in
April?
(1) https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Cadence+and+Alpha+Releases
Regards
Re: Coordination of Cassandra 6.0 release
Posted by Josh McKenzie <jm...@apache.org>.
> The second link might need some small updates/corrections ?
Looks like. I'll update it tomorrow.
On Fri, Feb 6, 2026, at 5:49 PM, Mick wrote:
> No vote thread is required, not until at least the release is cut and staged.
>
> Once I'm ready to do that I'll let you know, there's a few things in flight at the moment that we're waiting on.
>
>
>
> > On 6 Feb 2026, at 21:21, Štefan Miklošovič <sm...@apache.org> wrote:
> >
> > It was not my intention to vote on anything here, more like a probe
> > into where we are right now. Anybody else feel free to start a voting
> > thread if you see it fit or transform this one into such.
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 7, 2026 at 5:32 AM Patrick McFadin <pm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> It sounds like the dependencies are good for an alpha release. I'm assuming this is a VOTE thread?
> >>
> >> Patrick
> >>
> >> On Mon, Feb 2, 2026 at 10:52 AM Ekaterina Dimitrova <e....@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Awesome, 👏🏻 Great job everyone!
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 at 13:29, Mick <mc...@apache.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> To clarify my understanding (from some questions i got offline):
> >>>>
> >>>> The quarterly alphas do not impose restrictions of any kind, and are cut off trunk.
> >>>>
> >>>> The end-of-year (April) alpha is cut from a new release branch, and then we start our QA release lifecycle steps.
> >>>>
> >>>> ref:
> >>>> - https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Cadence+and+Alpha+Releases
> >>>> - https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Lifecycle
> >>>>
> >>>> The second link might need some small updates/corrections ?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 2 Feb 2026, at 19:12, Mick <mc...@apache.org> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Wonderful Josh!
> >>>>> I'm happy to step in now and cut January's 6.0-alpha1 release.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Then 6.0-alpha2 will be due in April.
> >>>>> This is according to our agreed upon quarterly alphas and then the process to GA starting in Apri.
> >>>>> IIUC.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On 2 Feb 2026, at 18:44, Josh McKenzie <jm...@apache.org> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Update: just merged JDK21 support to trunk. No blockers from my side on cutting 6.0-alpha1
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2026, at 11:20 AM, Josh McKenzie wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> JDK21 support is very very close to merging. Just some final touch-up on the docker and Jenkinsfile stuff. CI is all clear and it's rebased as of this morning.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> With any luck we'll have that merged today and, pending any further feedback on this thread, we'll be ready to cut an alpha-1.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Sun, Feb 1, 2026, at 11:43 PM, Štefan Miklošovič wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Hi guys,
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> should we not coordinate the 6.0 release somehow? Does it still hold
> >>>>>>>> that we are aiming to release it this April (1) ? It is two months
> >>>>>>>> from now which honestly feels like "tomorrow" heh, given how this
> >>>>>>>> space moves.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> We do want Java 21 in there, right? How is that going? Anything else
> >>>>>>>> we should include there? What are the general vibes around 6.0 in
> >>>>>>>> April?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> (1) https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Cadence+and+Alpha+Releases
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Regards
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
>
>
Re: Coordination of Cassandra 6.0 release
Posted by Mick <mc...@apache.org>.
No vote thread is required, not until at least the release is cut and staged.
Once I'm ready to do that I'll let you know, there's a few things in flight at the moment that we're waiting on.
> On 6 Feb 2026, at 21:21, Štefan Miklošovič <sm...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> It was not my intention to vote on anything here, more like a probe
> into where we are right now. Anybody else feel free to start a voting
> thread if you see it fit or transform this one into such.
>
> On Sat, Feb 7, 2026 at 5:32 AM Patrick McFadin <pm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> It sounds like the dependencies are good for an alpha release. I'm assuming this is a VOTE thread?
>>
>> Patrick
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2026 at 10:52 AM Ekaterina Dimitrova <e....@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Awesome, 👏🏻 Great job everyone!
>>>
>>> On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 at 13:29, Mick <mc...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> To clarify my understanding (from some questions i got offline):
>>>>
>>>> The quarterly alphas do not impose restrictions of any kind, and are cut off trunk.
>>>>
>>>> The end-of-year (April) alpha is cut from a new release branch, and then we start our QA release lifecycle steps.
>>>>
>>>> ref:
>>>> - https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Cadence+and+Alpha+Releases
>>>> - https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Lifecycle
>>>>
>>>> The second link might need some small updates/corrections ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 2 Feb 2026, at 19:12, Mick <mc...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Wonderful Josh!
>>>>> I'm happy to step in now and cut January's 6.0-alpha1 release.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then 6.0-alpha2 will be due in April.
>>>>> This is according to our agreed upon quarterly alphas and then the process to GA starting in Apri.
>>>>> IIUC.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2 Feb 2026, at 18:44, Josh McKenzie <jm...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Update: just merged JDK21 support to trunk. No blockers from my side on cutting 6.0-alpha1
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2026, at 11:20 AM, Josh McKenzie wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> JDK21 support is very very close to merging. Just some final touch-up on the docker and Jenkinsfile stuff. CI is all clear and it's rebased as of this morning.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> With any luck we'll have that merged today and, pending any further feedback on this thread, we'll be ready to cut an alpha-1.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Feb 1, 2026, at 11:43 PM, Štefan Miklošovič wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> should we not coordinate the 6.0 release somehow? Does it still hold
>>>>>>>> that we are aiming to release it this April (1) ? It is two months
>>>>>>>> from now which honestly feels like "tomorrow" heh, given how this
>>>>>>>> space moves.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We do want Java 21 in there, right? How is that going? Anything else
>>>>>>>> we should include there? What are the general vibes around 6.0 in
>>>>>>>> April?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> (1) https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Cadence+and+Alpha+Releases
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
Re: Coordination of Cassandra 6.0 release
Posted by Štefan Miklošovič <sm...@apache.org>.
It was not my intention to vote on anything here, more like a probe
into where we are right now. Anybody else feel free to start a voting
thread if you see it fit or transform this one into such.
On Sat, Feb 7, 2026 at 5:32 AM Patrick McFadin <pm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It sounds like the dependencies are good for an alpha release. I'm assuming this is a VOTE thread?
>
> Patrick
>
> On Mon, Feb 2, 2026 at 10:52 AM Ekaterina Dimitrova <e....@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Awesome, 👏🏻 Great job everyone!
>>
>> On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 at 13:29, Mick <mc...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> To clarify my understanding (from some questions i got offline):
>>>
>>> The quarterly alphas do not impose restrictions of any kind, and are cut off trunk.
>>>
>>> The end-of-year (April) alpha is cut from a new release branch, and then we start our QA release lifecycle steps.
>>>
>>> ref:
>>> - https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Cadence+and+Alpha+Releases
>>> - https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Lifecycle
>>>
>>> The second link might need some small updates/corrections ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > On 2 Feb 2026, at 19:12, Mick <mc...@apache.org> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Wonderful Josh!
>>> > I'm happy to step in now and cut January's 6.0-alpha1 release.
>>> >
>>> > Then 6.0-alpha2 will be due in April.
>>> > This is according to our agreed upon quarterly alphas and then the process to GA starting in Apri.
>>> > IIUC.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> On 2 Feb 2026, at 18:44, Josh McKenzie <jm...@apache.org> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Update: just merged JDK21 support to trunk. No blockers from my side on cutting 6.0-alpha1
>>> >>
>>> >> On Mon, Feb 2, 2026, at 11:20 AM, Josh McKenzie wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> JDK21 support is very very close to merging. Just some final touch-up on the docker and Jenkinsfile stuff. CI is all clear and it's rebased as of this morning.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> With any luck we'll have that merged today and, pending any further feedback on this thread, we'll be ready to cut an alpha-1.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Sun, Feb 1, 2026, at 11:43 PM, Štefan Miklošovič wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Hi guys,
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> should we not coordinate the 6.0 release somehow? Does it still hold
>>> >>>> that we are aiming to release it this April (1) ? It is two months
>>> >>>> from now which honestly feels like "tomorrow" heh, given how this
>>> >>>> space moves.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> We do want Java 21 in there, right? How is that going? Anything else
>>> >>>> we should include there? What are the general vibes around 6.0 in
>>> >>>> April?
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> (1) https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Cadence+and+Alpha+Releases
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Regards
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>>
Re: Coordination of Cassandra 6.0 release
Posted by Patrick McFadin <pm...@gmail.com>.
It sounds like the dependencies are good for an alpha release. I'm assuming
this is a VOTE thread?
Patrick
On Mon, Feb 2, 2026 at 10:52 AM Ekaterina Dimitrova <e....@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Awesome, 👏🏻 Great job everyone!
>
> On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 at 13:29, Mick <mc...@apache.org> wrote:
>
>> To clarify my understanding (from some questions i got offline):
>>
>> The quarterly alphas do not impose restrictions of any kind, and are cut
>> off trunk.
>>
>> The end-of-year (April) alpha is cut from a new release branch, and then
>> we start our QA release lifecycle steps.
>>
>> ref:
>> -
>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Cadence+and+Alpha+Releases
>> - https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Lifecycle
>>
>> The second link might need some small updates/corrections ?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > On 2 Feb 2026, at 19:12, Mick <mc...@apache.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > Wonderful Josh!
>> > I'm happy to step in now and cut January's 6.0-alpha1 release.
>> >
>> > Then 6.0-alpha2 will be due in April.
>> > This is according to our agreed upon quarterly alphas and then the
>> process to GA starting in Apri.
>> > IIUC.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> On 2 Feb 2026, at 18:44, Josh McKenzie <jm...@apache.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Update: just merged JDK21 support to trunk. No blockers from my side
>> on cutting 6.0-alpha1
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Feb 2, 2026, at 11:20 AM, Josh McKenzie wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> JDK21 support is very very close to merging. Just some final touch-up
>> on the docker and Jenkinsfile stuff. CI is all clear and it's rebased as of
>> this morning.
>> >>>
>> >>> With any luck we'll have that merged today and, pending any further
>> feedback on this thread, we'll be ready to cut an alpha-1.
>> >>>
>> >>> On Sun, Feb 1, 2026, at 11:43 PM, Štefan Miklošovič wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Hi guys,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> should we not coordinate the 6.0 release somehow? Does it still hold
>> >>>> that we are aiming to release it this April (1) ? It is two months
>> >>>> from now which honestly feels like "tomorrow" heh, given how this
>> >>>> space moves.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> We do want Java 21 in there, right? How is that going? Anything else
>> >>>> we should include there? What are the general vibes around 6.0 in
>> >>>> April?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> (1)
>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Cadence+and+Alpha+Releases
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Regards
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
Re: Coordination of Cassandra 6.0 release
Posted by Ekaterina Dimitrova <e....@gmail.com>.
Awesome, 👏🏻 Great job everyone!
On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 at 13:29, Mick <mc...@apache.org> wrote:
> To clarify my understanding (from some questions i got offline):
>
> The quarterly alphas do not impose restrictions of any kind, and are cut
> off trunk.
>
> The end-of-year (April) alpha is cut from a new release branch, and then
> we start our QA release lifecycle steps.
>
> ref:
> -
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Cadence+and+Alpha+Releases
> - https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Lifecycle
>
> The second link might need some small updates/corrections ?
>
>
>
>
> > On 2 Feb 2026, at 19:12, Mick <mc...@apache.org> wrote:
> >
> > Wonderful Josh!
> > I'm happy to step in now and cut January's 6.0-alpha1 release.
> >
> > Then 6.0-alpha2 will be due in April.
> > This is according to our agreed upon quarterly alphas and then the
> process to GA starting in Apri.
> > IIUC.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> On 2 Feb 2026, at 18:44, Josh McKenzie <jm...@apache.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Update: just merged JDK21 support to trunk. No blockers from my side on
> cutting 6.0-alpha1
> >>
> >> On Mon, Feb 2, 2026, at 11:20 AM, Josh McKenzie wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> JDK21 support is very very close to merging. Just some final touch-up
> on the docker and Jenkinsfile stuff. CI is all clear and it's rebased as of
> this morning.
> >>>
> >>> With any luck we'll have that merged today and, pending any further
> feedback on this thread, we'll be ready to cut an alpha-1.
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Feb 1, 2026, at 11:43 PM, Štefan Miklošovič wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi guys,
> >>>>
> >>>> should we not coordinate the 6.0 release somehow? Does it still hold
> >>>> that we are aiming to release it this April (1) ? It is two months
> >>>> from now which honestly feels like "tomorrow" heh, given how this
> >>>> space moves.
> >>>>
> >>>> We do want Java 21 in there, right? How is that going? Anything else
> >>>> we should include there? What are the general vibes around 6.0 in
> >>>> April?
> >>>>
> >>>> (1)
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Cadence+and+Alpha+Releases
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
>
Re: Coordination of Cassandra 6.0 release
Posted by Mick <mc...@apache.org>.
To clarify my understanding (from some questions i got offline):
The quarterly alphas do not impose restrictions of any kind, and are cut off trunk.
The end-of-year (April) alpha is cut from a new release branch, and then we start our QA release lifecycle steps.
ref:
- https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Cadence+and+Alpha+Releases
- https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Lifecycle
The second link might need some small updates/corrections ?
> On 2 Feb 2026, at 19:12, Mick <mc...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> Wonderful Josh!
> I'm happy to step in now and cut January's 6.0-alpha1 release.
>
> Then 6.0-alpha2 will be due in April.
> This is according to our agreed upon quarterly alphas and then the process to GA starting in Apri.
> IIUC.
>
>
>
>
>> On 2 Feb 2026, at 18:44, Josh McKenzie <jm...@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>> Update: just merged JDK21 support to trunk. No blockers from my side on cutting 6.0-alpha1
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2026, at 11:20 AM, Josh McKenzie wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> JDK21 support is very very close to merging. Just some final touch-up on the docker and Jenkinsfile stuff. CI is all clear and it's rebased as of this morning.
>>>
>>> With any luck we'll have that merged today and, pending any further feedback on this thread, we'll be ready to cut an alpha-1.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 1, 2026, at 11:43 PM, Štefan Miklošovič wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>
>>>> should we not coordinate the 6.0 release somehow? Does it still hold
>>>> that we are aiming to release it this April (1) ? It is two months
>>>> from now which honestly feels like "tomorrow" heh, given how this
>>>> space moves.
>>>>
>>>> We do want Java 21 in there, right? How is that going? Anything else
>>>> we should include there? What are the general vibes around 6.0 in
>>>> April?
>>>>
>>>> (1) https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Cadence+and+Alpha+Releases
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
Re: Coordination of Cassandra 6.0 release
Posted by Mick <mc...@apache.org>.
Wonderful Josh!
I'm happy to step in now and cut January's 6.0-alpha1 release.
Then 6.0-alpha2 will be due in April.
This is according to our agreed upon quarterly alphas and then the process to GA starting in Apri.
IIUC.
> On 2 Feb 2026, at 18:44, Josh McKenzie <jm...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> Update: just merged JDK21 support to trunk. No blockers from my side on cutting 6.0-alpha1
>
> On Mon, Feb 2, 2026, at 11:20 AM, Josh McKenzie wrote:
>>
>>
>> JDK21 support is very very close to merging. Just some final touch-up on the docker and Jenkinsfile stuff. CI is all clear and it's rebased as of this morning.
>>
>> With any luck we'll have that merged today and, pending any further feedback on this thread, we'll be ready to cut an alpha-1.
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 1, 2026, at 11:43 PM, Štefan Miklošovič wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> should we not coordinate the 6.0 release somehow? Does it still hold
>>> that we are aiming to release it this April (1) ? It is two months
>>> from now which honestly feels like "tomorrow" heh, given how this
>>> space moves.
>>>
>>> We do want Java 21 in there, right? How is that going? Anything else
>>> we should include there? What are the general vibes around 6.0 in
>>> April?
>>>
>>> (1) https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Cadence+and+Alpha+Releases
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>
>
Re: Coordination of Cassandra 6.0 release
Posted by Josh McKenzie <jm...@apache.org>.
Update: just merged JDK21 support to trunk. No blockers from my side on cutting 6.0-alpha1
On Mon, Feb 2, 2026, at 11:20 AM, Josh McKenzie wrote:
> JDK21 support is *very very close* to merging. Just some final touch-up on the docker and Jenkinsfile stuff. CI is all clear and it's rebased as of this morning.
>
> With any luck we'll have that merged today and, pending any further feedback on this thread, we'll be ready to cut an alpha-1.
>
> On Sun, Feb 1, 2026, at 11:43 PM, Štefan Miklošovič wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> should we not coordinate the 6.0 release somehow? Does it still hold
>> that we are aiming to release it this April (1) ? It is two months
>> from now which honestly feels like "tomorrow" heh, given how this
>> space moves.
>>
>> We do want Java 21 in there, right? How is that going? Anything else
>> we should include there? What are the general vibes around 6.0 in
>> April?
>>
>> (1) https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Cadence+and+Alpha+Releases
>>
>> Regards
>>
>
Re: Coordination of Cassandra 6.0 release
Posted by Josh McKenzie <jm...@apache.org>.
JDK21 support is *very very close* to merging. Just some final touch-up on the docker and Jenkinsfile stuff. CI is all clear and it's rebased as of this morning.
With any luck we'll have that merged today and, pending any further feedback on this thread, we'll be ready to cut an alpha-1.
On Sun, Feb 1, 2026, at 11:43 PM, Štefan Miklošovič wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> should we not coordinate the 6.0 release somehow? Does it still hold
> that we are aiming to release it this April (1) ? It is two months
> from now which honestly feels like "tomorrow" heh, given how this
> space moves.
>
> We do want Java 21 in there, right? How is that going? Anything else
> we should include there? What are the general vibes around 6.0 in
> April?
>
> (1) https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Cadence+and+Alpha+Releases
>
> Regards
>