+1 On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 9:07 AM Wido den Hollander via dev <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Following the discussion in the proposal thread [1], I would like to > call a vote on changing the version naming of Apache CloudStack. > > What is being proposed: > > - 4.23 is released as planned, using the current naming scheme. > - The release that would have been 4.24 is instead released as 24, i.e. > 24.0.0 > - From there we continue releasing exactly as we do today, only without > the "4." prefix. Subsequent feature releases become 25, 26, etc., and > maintenance releases on the 24 branch become 24.1.0, 24.2.0, and so on. > > This is a change to the version naming only. It does **not** change our > release cadence, our LTS policy, our branching and release process, or > our backwards-compatibility guarantees. Dropping the "4." is not a > signal that 24 will break APIs or introduce disruptive changes. > > The leading "4." has not carried any meaning for many years. We have > never incremented it, and we do not expect to, so in practice the number > that identifies a release is the second component. Dropping the prefix > makes the version we all actually use in conversation, docs, packages > and branch names the version we publish, and it removes the recurring > confusion about what a major version bump would mean for us. > > If we decide this in the coming weeks, we can announce and explain the > change at the CloudStack Collaboration Conference in November 2026. That > gives us a single moment where we can lay out to the whole community, in > person, what changes and, more importantly, what does not change. A > version naming change is exactly the kind of thing that generates > uncertainty among operators and users if it only appears in a release > note, and CCC gives us the opportunity to get ahead of that and answer > questions directly. Deciding now also means 24 can be prepared and > communicated as such from the start of its development cycle, rather > than being renamed halfway through. > > Please vote: > > [ ] +1 Drop the "4" prefix, starting with release 24 > [ ] +0 No opinion > [ ] -1 Do not adopt (please state your reasoning) > > Looking forward to the votes! > > The vote is open for 7 days and will close on Friday 21 August 2026 at > 12:00 UTC. Votes from PMC members are binding, but everybody in the > community is welcome and encouraged to vote and to share their view. > > Wido > > [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/j2ofomb32kms1jh6772p7qobrt68rygc
-- Daan
