Please mark your tickets to-be-delivered by 6.0-alpha as already suggested, currently it looks like this:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/CASSANDRA/versions/12356863 On Tue, Nov 3, 2026 at 7:17 PM Jon Haddad <[email protected]> wrote: > > Also in favor of another Alpha. > > I think cursor bti should be merged soon, and there's a handful of follow ups > for counters, cleanup, repair, and reads. > > Jon > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2026 at 10:13 AM Jon Meredith <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have a couple of TCM related bugs I need to file JIRAS for. >> >> First is related to a deserialization exception for state stored in >> system.paxos when using PaxosV2 that requires an extension to the >> serialiation format. If the system.paxos entry gets reserialized under the >> new PartitionUpdate format with the same ballot it rewrites with the same >> USING TIMESTAMP and can cause a tear between the version column and the >> serializer used for the mutation blob. >> >> Second is a deadlock that can occur on the cms node responsible for creating >> cms snapshots. >> >> I'll try and get them filed in the next few days. >> >> Given the serialization change I'd prefer another alpha as the change >> affects a common format used by Paxos v1 and v2. >> >> Jon >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 29, 2026 at 7:32 PM Brandon Williams <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2026 at 7:31 PM Tejal Joshi Chakeres <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > could library upgrades follow quickly in next minor release vs waiting >>> > for major release? >>> >>> There have been upgrades in roughly half of the 4.x and 5.x minor >>> releases so I would expect that to continue. >>> >>> Kind Regards, >>> Brandon >>> >>> >>> >>> > >>> > On Sun, Oct 25, 2026 at 3:54 PM Dmitry Konstantinov <[email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>> >> >>> >> I suppose we need to fix the serialization compatibility - >>> >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-21811 >>> >> We also have https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-21728 with >>> >> 6.0-alpha3 as a fixed version... >>> >> >>> >> I have the following things which I would like to be included to 6.0 (if >>> >> 6.0-beta1 means only bug fixing): >>> >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-21175 - Upgrade to Netty >>> >> 4.2; taking in account that July 1st, 2027 as EoL announced for Netty 4.1 >>> >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-21171 - JDK25 support; >>> >> because JDK21 is already quite old + a switch after 6.0 release would be >>> >> much more expensive to implement >>> >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-21460 - Support BTI for >>> >> cursor compaction >>> >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-20333 - Reduce >>> >> DecayingEstimatedHistogramReservoir update cost; optionally but it gives >>> >> a nice performance improvement >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On Sun, 25 Oct 2026 at 16:10, Mick <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, 22 Oct 2026, at 5:55 PM, Ekaterina Dimitrova wrote: >>> >>> > Great discussion to have, thanks Stefan! >>> >>> > Alpha vs Beta - we need to look into our currently 6.0 open tickets >>> >>> > probably against our requirements outlined here - >>> >>> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/plugins/servlet/mobile?contentId=132320437#content/view/132320437 >>> >>> > >>> >>> > In the meantime, I encourage everyone knowing about something not yet >>> >>> > in a ticket - please open one so the community gets the right >>> >>> > visibility. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Yup, if you have any critical tickets that need to go in before our >>> >>> first beta remember to add `6.0-alpha` to their fixVersion, with >>> >>> regards to our establish release guidelines Ekaterina points out. >>> >>> >>> >>> This usage is also described under its version description: >>> >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/CASSANDRA?selectedItem=com.atlassian.jira.jira-projects-plugin%3Arelease-page&status=unreleased >>> >>> >>> >>> "Placeholder for blockers to 6.0-beta1 (unresolved tickets only)" >>> >>> >>> >>> Currently we two tickets blocking any 6.0-beta1 >>> >>> >>> >>> I'm keen to cut 6.0-alpha3 and 5.0.10 asap. >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> Dmitry Konstantinov
