alpha1 as of right now is 19 days old. I'm not against alpha2, it just seems a bit premature.
Kind Regards, Brandon On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 11:37 AM Patrick McFadin <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think our plan was to cut an alpha with what's on the bus. June/July will > pick up the next items on the bus. I'm +1 on now. > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 2:04 AM Štefan Miklošovič <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Do we want to release 6.0-alpha2 _now_ or the next quarter, that would >> be ... June / July, not sure what you prefer. I don't mind either way. >> >> In Mick's first mail there is: "This would kick off the alpha release >> lifecycle definition/expectations." >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 19, 2026 at 7:28 PM Mick <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Only agreement ! >> > >> > CASSANDRA-21319 for the branching, which is in progress. >> > I need to leave the 6.0-alpha2 cut to others. >> > >> > >> > >> > > On 9 Apr 2026, at 23:37, Mick <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > >> > > We said* we would, are we ready to branch cassandra-6.0 and cut >> > > 6.0-alpha2 ? >> > > >> > > There's a bit to do and often a few new unknowns each time around. >> > > Unless someone else is willing to step in and do it, I'll need to do it >> > > this week, or wait til June… >> > > >> > > *) We have agreed that we cut our first proper alphas in April (and >> > > branching off trunk), so this should be to plan. >> > > >> > > This would kick off the alpha release lifecycle definition/expectations. >> > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Lifecycle >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> On 4 Apr 2026, at 00:00, Mick <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> The Cassandra team is pleased to announce the release of Apache >> > >> Cassandra version 6.0-alpha1. >> > >> >> > >> Apache Cassandra is a fully distributed database. It is the right >> > >> choice when you need scalability and high availability without >> > >> compromising performance. >> > >> >> > >> https://cassandra.apache.org/ >> > >> >> > >> Source and binary distributions for this version can be downloaded >> > >> from: https://downloads.apache.org/cassandra/ >> > >> >> > >> This version is a quarterly alpha release[1] on the 6.0 series. Please >> > >> note, the cassandra-6.0 branch has not been created, and this release >> > >> does not start the alpha quality release lifecycle guidelines. >> > >> Quarterly alphas are intended only for development and testing >> > >> purposes, read more here: >> > >> https://lists.apache.org/thread/y3fyv596h83vwmpc85x4vpq78p1r12l4 >> > >> >> > >> As always, please pay attention to the release notes[2] and let us >> > >> know[3] if you encounter any problem. >> > >> >> > >> [WARNING] Debian and RedHat package repositories have moved! Debian >> > >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cassandra.sources.list and RedHat >> > >> /etc/yum.repos.d/cassandra.repo files must be updated to the new >> > >> repository URLs. For Debian it is now >> > >> https://debian.cassandra.apache.org >> > >> <https://debian.cassandra.apache.org/> . For RedHat it is now >> > >> https://redhat.cassandra.apache.org/60x/ . >> > >> >> > >> Enjoy! >> > >> >> > >> [1]: CHANGES.txt >> > >> https://github.com/apache/cassandra/blob/cassandra-6.0-alpha1/CHANGES.txt >> > >> [2]: NEWS.txt >> > >> https://github.com/apache/cassandra/blob/cassandra-6.0-alpha1/NEWS.txt >> > >> [3]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA >> > >> >> > >> >> > > >> >
