+1 to officially supporting 3.0 to 4.0, in addition to 3.11 to 4.0 upgrade paths
On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 10:33 PM Jeff Jirsa <jji...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I assumed it would be 3.0.x and 3.11.x > > I don’t know why we’d make 3.0-4.0 unofficial/unsupported - there’s no > technical reason I’ve seen > > > On Oct 8, 2020, at 9:21 PM, Anthony Grasso <anthony.gra...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi Josh, > > > > This is a really good question. I agree with David about making sure this > > is clearly documented. > > > > As far as the supported upgrade path goes, I think we should officially > > support only 3.11.x. I do understand the idea of giving users the > > flexibility to upgrade from 3.0.x. However, the simpler we can make the > > upgrade path the better. As you mentioned, historically there have been > > numerous upgrade bugs. To that, having one upgrade path will make > > maintenance and support easier. > > > > Kind regards, > > > >> On Fri, 9 Oct 2020 at 07:36, David Capwell <dcapw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Thanks for bringing this up, we really should document this and make > sure > >> the different upgrade paths are clearly documented and have proper > >> coverage. > >> > >> There was a conversation in slack a while back (started from > >> https://the-asf.slack.com/archives/CK23JSY2K/p1595906733435000) but not > >> formal or voted on, but the current upgrade targets were 3.0.x and > 3.11.x > >> (do others feel we should support other versions as well and if so > what?). > >> > >> For features, COMPACT STORAGE is getting a lot of attention right now, > so > >> would love to see clarity on how we go from a cluster with COMPACT > STORAGE > >> to 4.0 (is there min version support, what is the upgrade path, what > about > >> deleted rows, etc.). > >> > >> This is what I know about the current state of 4.0 upgrades at least. > >> > >> On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 11:48 AM Joshua McKenzie <jmcken...@apache.org> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Related JIRA ticket: > >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-15588 > >>> > >>> Description: > >>> > >>> "We've historically had numerous bugs concerning upgrading clusters > from > >>> one version to the other. Let's establish the supported upgrade path > and > >>> ensure that users can safely perform the upgrades in production." > >>> > >>> So the topic of discussion here: what is our supported upgrade path to > >> 4.0? > >>> Is this actually documented on our site or in our documentation? Spent > a > >>> few minutes poking around and didn't find anything. > >>> > >>> Anyone have an opinion here or any formal prior art for us to build on? > >>> > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org > >
