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 <[email protected]> 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 >>> >> >
