Cassandra 5 & Support for JDK 17

[McIntyre, Sean]

Hello.  I have several applications that I am looking to move to JDK 17 and 
want to understand the plans for Cassandra to support this version of Java.  
I’ve read that version 5 may well support JDK17 and that it may be available by 
the end of this year.  Are these firm plans?  Are there tickets I could watch 
to understand the progress?  There are a few upgrades I need to do that are 
blocked by the lack of JDK 17, so am very interested in all this coming 
together sooner, rather than later.

Regards,

Sean McIntyre
Engineering Manager
Akamai Technologies

Re: 4.1 Release Date

[McIntyre, Sean]

That text would be a wonderful improvement.  Thank you…

Regards,
Sean

From: Mick Semb Wever 
Reply-To: "user@cassandra.apache.org" 
Date: Monday, January 31, 2022 at 4:10 PM
To: "user@cassandra.apache.org" 
Subject: Re: 4.1 Release Date



Apache Cassandra 3.0
Released on 2021-02-01, and supported until 4.1 release (April 
2022).


Would the wording "… and supported until 4.1.0 release (May-June 2022)." be 
enough?
(it would be nice to keep the text brief on this page)

If you would like to…
this is the file to create a PR off
https://github.com/apache/cassandra-website/blob/trunk/site-content/source/modules/ROOT/pages/download.adoc

Re: 4.1 Release Date

[McIntyre, Sean]

Michael,

Thank you very much, that level of detail is what I was hoping to get.  From 
your response, it sounds as though a formal 4.1.x release would not be before 
May and there is an excellent chance it would be June or later.  May I ask that 
the info posted on the Downloads page get an update to reflect this more 
current timeline?  Right now, it says the following:

Apache Cassandra 3.0
Released on 2021-02-01, and supported until 4.1 release (April 
2022).

Thanks again, very helpful...

Regards,

Sean McIntyre
Engineering Manager
Akamai Technologies

On 1/30/22, 6:55 AM, "Michael Semb Wever"  wrote:


> At this point, is there a more precise release date for Cassandra 4.1?  
We are trying to get on 3.11.x prior to earlier releases going eol and a more 
specific date then April would be of great help in our project planning.  Even 
if it is the classic s/w answer of eom.  Thanks…
> 


Apologies Sean, this is not something the community can provide an exact 
date on.

The community's agreed plan is to make the first cut of 4.1 in May. This 
may be 4.1-alpha1 or 4.1-beta1. From there the time it takes to get to 4.1-rc1 
and 4.1.0 we do not know.

Also, my understanding is that the community will maintain 3.0.x until 
4.1.0 is formally released. 

4.1 Release Date

[McIntyre, Sean]

At this point, is there a more precise release date for Cassandra 4.1?  We are 
trying to get on 3.11.x prior to earlier releases going eol and a more specific 
date then April would be of great help in our project planning.  Even if it is 
the classic s/w answer of eom.  Thanks…

Sean McIntyre
Engineering Manager
Akamai Technologies