> The second link might need some small updates/corrections ? Looks like. I'll update it tomorrow.
On Fri, Feb 6, 2026, at 5:49 PM, Mick wrote: > No vote thread is required, not until at least the release is cut and staged. > > Once I'm ready to do that I'll let you know, there's a few things in flight > at the moment that we're waiting on. > > > > > On 6 Feb 2026, at 21:21, Štefan Miklošovič <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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 > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >
