Thanks Wei. The PR should be https://github.com/apache/cloudberry/pull/1547.
Left my comments. Let’s work together to move forward!

On Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 韩伟 <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
> The latest commits from the main branch have been integrated into the
> REL_2_STABLE branch via cherry-pick. All CI checks passed. Would appreciate
> more reviews and feedback from the community before moving
> forward.
>
> Best, wei han
> > From: "Dianjin Wang"<[email protected]>
> > Date:  Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 18:02
> > Subject:  Re: [DISCUSS] Apache Cloudberry 2.1.0 release
> > To: "[email protected]"<[email protected]>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Quick update on PR #1522: the binary swap test is now passing
> > successfully in CI, and the current results look good. Would
> > appreciate more reviews and feedback from the community before moving
> > forward.
> >
> > PR link: https://github.com/apache/cloudberry/pull/1522.
> >
> > Thanks a lot for your time and help!
> >
> > Best,
> > Dianjin Wang
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 9, 2026 at 10:16 AM Dianjin Wang <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > The PR is still in progress and needs more work. Thanks for your
> comment. I will share more details on GitHub.
> > >
> > > For introducing commits from main to REL_2_STABLE, both approaches
> sound workable. Your way is more efficient than cherry-picking and keeps
> the commit SHA unchanged. Maybe we can try your way first. Only a few
> commits need to be reverted or updated. (The breakable PRs were labeled, so
> they were figured out more easily.)
> > >
> > >
> > > On Friday, January 9, 2026, Leonid Borchuk <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>  Hi!
> > >>
> > >> +1 for the catalog compatibility check.
> > >>
> > >> Also, I see you have created https://github.com/apache/
> cloudberry/pull/1522,
> > >> where we can check if all the tests pass for both old and new
> binaries. This
> > >> should check both the catalog compatibility and correct working with
> stored
> > >> data.
> > >>
> > >> By the way, I realized that you proposed cherry-picking a set
> (series) of
> > >> commits from the main branch to the REL_2_STABLE.
> > >>
> > >> I used to want to save effort and thought we could sync the main with
> > >> REL_2_STABLE and then revert commits breaking catalog compatibility.
> But
> > >> it's hard to implement, and there may be several such commits. And we
> > >> should create a reverting commit(s) (which could be challenging).
> > >>
> > >> So, your proposal for cherry-picking commits is more appealing to me.
> And we
> > >> could also check them in the workflow and make sure everything works
> as
> > >> expected. Let's do it this way.
> > >>
> > >> WBW, Leonid.
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 6:31 AM Dianjin Wang <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Hi all,
> > >> >
> > >> > Happy New Year, and best wishes for 2026! 🎉
> > >> >
> > >> > I’d like to follow up on the earlier thread and suggest that we
> > >> > revisit the discussion about the Apache Cloudberry 2.1.0 release.
> From
> > >> > a user perspective, having a 2.1 release on top of 2.0 is quite
> > >> > important, as it allows users to benefit from incremental
> improvements
> > >> > and bug fixes without waiting too long for a larger release.
> > >> >
> > >> > To move this forward, I think there are two key points we should
> align on:
> > >> >
> > >> > 1. CI coverage for the `REL_2_STABLE` branch
> > >> >
> > >> > We should invest in proper CI for the release branch. For changes
> > >> > flowing from `main` to `REL_2_STABLE`, it may be safer to go through
> > >> > PRs rather than direct pushes, so that changes are visible and
> > >> > properly validated.
> > >> >
> > >> > From an implementation standpoint, we can likely reuse most (or all)
> > >> > of the existing CI workflows from main by simply extending them to
> > >> > also run on the release branch.
> > >> >
> > >> > 2. Upgrade path from 2.0 to 2.1
> > >> >
> > >> > As discussed before, we should ensure that users can upgrade from
> 2.0
> > >> > to 2.1 as smoothly as possible. Ideally, this means supporting a
> > >> > direct binary-replacement-style upgrade, without data migration.
> > >> >
> > >> > To gain confidence here, we may need to establish something similar
> to
> > >> > an ABI (or catalog compatibility) testing mechanism, so we can
> clearly
> > >> > define and validate the upgrade guarantees we provide.
> > >> >
> > >> > Glad to hear everyone’s thoughts on these points and whether it
> makes
> > >> > sense. Looking forward to the discussion.
> > >> >
> > >> > BTW, we can certainly continue this discussion into next week to
> allow
> > >> > everyone time to catch up after the New Year holidays.
> > >> >
> > >> > Best,
> > >> > Dianjin Wang
> > >> >
> > >> > On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM Lirong Jian <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Yes, we definitely should have a 2.1 release with all bug fixes
> and
> > >> > > improvements except those related to catalog changes, since the
> branch
> > >> > > associated with the 2.0.0 version is sort of too old.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Best,
> > >> > > Lirong
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Dianjin Wang <[email protected]> 于2025年10月21日周二 15:58写道:
> > >> > >
> > >> > > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM Leonid Borchuk <
> [email protected]>
> > >> > > > wrote:
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > Indeed, ./postgres --catalog-version for 2.0.0-incubating
> takes us
> > >> > > > > Catalog version number:               302502091
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > while current HEAD - 302509031
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > So it's impossible to migrate from 2.0.0 to the current HEAD.
> Users
> > >> > > > should
> > >> > > > > create a new cluster and then use cbcopy to move all data.
> Which is
> > >> > not a
> > >> > > > > minor change.
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > Maybe we should create 2.1 without changes in catalog and
> then merge
> > >> > all
> > >> > > > > our fixes and release version 3.0 ?
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Yes, the main branch catalog has been changed. The version has
> been
> > >> > > > bumped to 3.0.0 in the main.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Additionally, I believe that one goal of the 2.1 release is to
> allow
> > >> > > > users to upgrade their 2.0 simply by swapping the binary,
> without
> > >> > > > requiring data migration.
> > >> > > >
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> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Dianjin Wang
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