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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Awesome, 👏🏻 Great job everyone! >> >> On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 at 13:29, Mick <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[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 >>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>> > >>>
