Thanks for the feedback on the product stages/ release life cycle document. I have incorporated the suggestions and looking for any additional feedback folks may have. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bS6sr-HSrHFjZb0welife6Qx7u3ZDgRiAoENMLYlfz8/edit#
Thanks, Sumanth On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 10:43 PM Scott Andreas <sc...@paradoxica.net> wrote: > Echoing Jon’s point here – > > JH: “My thinking is I'd like to be able to recommend 4.0.0 as a production > ready > database for business critical cases” > > I feel that this is a standard that is both appropriate and achievable, > and one I’m legitimately excited about. > > Re: the current state of the test plan wiki in Confluence, I owe another > pass through. There has been a lot of progress here, but I’ve let perfect > be the enemy of the good in getting updates out. I’ll complete that pass > later this week. > > Cheers, > > — Scott > > > On May 28, 2019, at 10:48 AM, Dinesh Joshi <djo...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > +1. Wiki could be useful to document what the overall plan. Jira to > track progress. > > > > Dinesh > > > >>> On May 28, 2019, at 10:20 AM, Joshua McKenzie <jmcken...@apache.org> > wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> The unofficial rule is to not upgrade to prod till .10 is cut. > >> > >> FWIW, I believe it's historically .6. Which is still not a great look > for > >> the project. > >> > >> There's a ton of work going into testing 4.0 already. > >> > >> While I intuitively and anecdotally (from the people I've backchanneled > >> with) believe this to be true as well, the referenced wiki page[1] and > >> jql[2] doesn't look like it's an up to date reflection of the testing > >> efforts going on. Is there another place this information is stored / > >> queryable we can surface to people to keep us all coordinated? > >> > >> [1] > >> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/4.0+Quality%3A+Components+and+Test+Plans > >> [2] > >> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-14862?jql=project%20%3D%20CASSANDRA%20AND%20%20labels%20%3D%204.0-QA > >> > >> On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 12:57 PM sankalp kohli <kohlisank...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Jon, > >>> When you say 4.0 release, how do u match it with 3.0 minor > >>> releases. The unofficial rule is to not upgrade to prod till .10 is > cut. > >>> Also due to heavy investment in testing, I dont think it will take as > long > >>> as 3.0 but want to know what is your thinking with this. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Sankalp > >>> > >>>> On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 9:40 AM Jon Haddad <j...@jonhaddad.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Sept is a pretty long ways off. I think the ideal case is we can > >>> announce > >>>> 4.0 release at the summit. I'm not putting this as a "do or die" > date, > >>> and > >>>> I don't think we need to announce it or make promises. Sticking with > >>> "when > >>>> it's ready" is the right approach, but we need a target, and this is > imo > >>> a > >>>> good one. > >>>> > >>>> This date also gives us a pretty good runway. We could cut our first > >>>> alphas in mid June / early July, betas in August and release in Sept. > >>>> There's a ton of work going into testing 4.0 already. > >>>> Landing CASSANDRA-15066 will put us in a pretty good spot. We've > >>> developed > >>>> tooling at TLP that will make it a lot easier to spin up dev clusters > in > >>>> AWS as well as stress test them. I've written about this a few times > in > >>>> the past, and I'll have a few blog posts coming up that will help show > >>> this > >>>> in more details. > >>>> > >>>> There's some other quality of life things we should try to hammer out > >>>> before then. Updating our default JVM settings would be nice, for > >>>> example. Improving documentation (the data modeling section in > >>>> particular), fixing the dynamic snitch issues [1], and some > improvements > >>> to > >>>> virtual tables like exposing the sstable metadata [2], and exposing > table > >>>> statistics [3] come to mind. The dynamic snitch improvement will help > >>>> performance in a big way, and the virtual tables will go a long way to > >>>> helping with quality of life. I showed a few folks virtual tables at > the > >>>> Accelerate conference last week and the missing table statistics was a > >>> big > >>>> shock. If we can get them in, it'll be a big help to operators. > >>>> > >>>> [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-14459 > >>>> [2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-14630 > >>>> [3] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-14572 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 2:36 PM Nate McCall <zznat...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Hi Sumanth, > >>>>> Thank you so much for taking the time to put this together. > >>>>> > >>>>> Cheers, > >>>>> -Nate > >>>>> > >>>>> On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 3:27 AM Sumanth Pasupuleti < > >>>>> sumanth.pasupuleti...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> I have taken an initial stab at documenting release types and exit > >>>>> criteria > >>>>>> in a google doc, to get us started, and to collaborate on. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bS6sr-HSrHFjZb0welife6Qx7u3ZDgRiAoENMLYlfz8/edit?usp=sharing > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Thanks, > >>>>>> Sumanth > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 12:04 PM Dinesh Joshi <djo...@apache.org> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Sankalp, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Great point. This is the page created for testing. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/4.0+Quality%3A+Components+and+Test+Plans > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I think we need to define the various release types and the exit > >>>>> criteria > >>>>>>> for each type of release. Anybody want to take a stab at this or > >>>> start > >>>>> a > >>>>>>> thread to discuss it? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Thanks, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Dinesh > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On May 23, 2019, at 11:57 AM, sankalp kohli < > >>>> kohlisank...@gmail.com> > >>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Hi, > >>>>>>>> Is there a page where it is written what is expected from an > >>>>> alpha, > >>>>>>>> beta, rc and a 4.0 release? > >>>>>>>> Also how are we coming up with Q4 2019 timeline. Is this for > >>> alpha, > >>>>>> beta, > >>>>>>>> rc or 4.0 release? > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Thanks, > >>>>>>>> Sankalp > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 11:27 AM Attila Wind > >>>> <attilaw@swf.technology > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> +1+1+1 I read a blog post was talking about last sept(?) to > >>> freeze > >>>>>>>>> features and start extensive testing. Maybe its really time to > >>> hit > >>>>> it! > >>>>>>> :-) > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Attila Wind > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/attilaw > >>>>>>>>> Mobile: +36 31 7811355 > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> On 2019. 05. 23. 19:30, ajs6f wrote: > >>>>>>>>>> +1 in the fullest degree. A date that needs to be changed is > >>>> still > >>>>>>>>> enormously more attractive than no date at all. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Adam Soroka > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> On May 23, 2019, at 12:01 PM, Sumanth Pasupuleti < > >>>>>>>>> spasupul...@netflix.com.INVALID> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> Having at least a ballpark target on the website will > >>> definitely > >>>>>> help. > >>>>>>>>> +1 > >>>>>>>>>>> on setting it to Q4 2019 for now. > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 8:52 AM Dinesh Joshi < > >>> djo...@apache.org > >>>>> > >>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> +1 on setting a date. > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Dinesh > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> On May 23, 2019, at 11:07 AM, Michael Shuler < > >>>>>>> mich...@pbandjelly.org> > >>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>>> We've had 4.0 listed as TBD release date for a very long > >>> time. > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Yesterday, Alexander Dejanovski got a "when's 4.0 going to > >>>>>> release?" > >>>>>>>>>>>> question after his repair talk and he suggested possibly Q4 > >>>> 2019. > >>>>>>> This > >>>>>>>>>>>> morning Nate McCall hinted at possibly being close by > >>> ApacheCon > >>>>> Las > >>>>>>>>> Vegas > >>>>>>>>>>>> in September. These got me thinking.. > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Think we can we shoot for having a 4.0 alpha/beta/rc ready > >>> to > >>>>>>>>>>>> announce/release at ApacheCon? At that time, we'll have been > >>>>> frozen > >>>>>>>>> for 1 > >>>>>>>>>>>> year, and I think we can. We'll GA release when it's ready, > >>>> but I > >>>>>>>>> think Q4 > >>>>>>>>>>>> could be an realistic target. > >>>>>>>>>>>>> With that said, I'd like to change "TBD" on the downloads > >>> page > >>>>> to > >>>>>>>>> "Est. > >>>>>>>>>>>> Q4 2019". We can always push or pull the estimate, but I > >>> think > >>>>> it's > >>>>>>>>> time to > >>>>>>>>>>>> have a goal line. This lines up with ApacheCon nicely for a > >>>>> preview > >>>>>>>>> release. > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Any concerns or objections to editing the download page? > >>> Have > >>>>> some > >>>>>>>>> other > >>>>>>>>>>>> goal timeframe in mind? > >>>>>>>>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Warm regards, > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Michael > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: > >>> dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org > >>>>>>>>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: > >>>> dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org > >>>>>>>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: > >>> dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org > >>>>>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org > >>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org > > >