[RELEASE] Apache Cassandra 4.1-rc1 released

[Mick Semb Wever <mc...@apache.org>]

The Cassandra team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Cassandra
version 4.1-rc1.

Apache Cassandra is a fully distributed database. It is the right choice
when you need scalability and high availability without compromising
performance.

 http://cassandra.apache.org/

Downloads of source and binary distributions are available in the following
locations:

 https://downloads.apache.org/cassandra/4.1-rc1/
 https://debian.cassandra.apache.org/
 https://redhat.cassandra.apache.org/41x/

The 4.1 releases will not be listed on our website downloads page until the
GA.

This version is our first release candidate[1] of 4.1. As always, please
pay attention to the release notes[2] and Let us know[3] if you were to
encounter any problem.

[WARNING] Debian and RedHat package repositories have moved! Debian
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/cassandra.sources.list and RedHat
/etc/yum.repos.d/cassandra.repo files must be updated to the new repository
URLs. For Debian it is now https://debian.cassandra.apache.org . For RedHat
it is now https://redhat.cassandra.apache.org/41x/ .

Enjoy!

[1]: CHANGES.txt
https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=blob_plain;f=CHANGES.txt;hb=refs/tags/cassandra-4.1-rc1
[2]: NEWS.txt
https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=blob_plain;f=NEWS.txt;hb=refs/tags/cassandra-4.1-rc1
[3]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA