Hello everyone,

Stefan, Jindal,

I hope I've addressed your concerns in the discussion thread. Let's discuss
if anything remains unclear.
https://lists.apache.org/thread/pow83q92m666nqtwyw4m3b18nnkgj2y8

Let's keep the voting thread tidy.

On Mon, 6 Oct 2025 at 17:03, Jindal, Himanshu <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Maxim,
> Thanks for putting this together — and apologies for not raising my
> concern earlier in the discussion thread and causing some avoidable churn.
> The CEP itself is very helpful. I appreciate that it outlines how we plan
> to keep the new CQL commands, nodetool, and nodetool probe functionality
> aligned with this change.
> I do have a clarification: how will the new CQL API behave if the user
> does not specify a hostname? My understanding is that commands like nodetool
> bootstrap typically run on a single node. Will we continue requiring
> users to specify a hostname/port explicitly, or will the CQL API be
> responsible for orchestrating the command safely across the entire cluster
> or datacenter?
> I also share Stefan’s concern, though I don’t believe the feedback is
> against adding new syntax — we certainly want Cassandra to continue
> evolving and to make operations easier for users. This CEP moves in that
> direction. It might, however, be worth verifying that the proposed CQL
> syntax aligns with PostgreSQL conventions, and adjusting it if needed for
> cross-compatibility.
> Thanks again,
> Himanshu
>
>
> *From: *Štefan Miklošovič <[email protected]>
> *Date: *Monday, October 6, 2025 at 6:28 AM
> *To: *[email protected] <[email protected]>
> *Subject: *RE: [EXTERNAL] [VOTE] CEP-38: CQL Management API
>
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> Hi Maxim,
>
> Is your proposal truly going to introduce new CQL syntax?
>
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/CEP-38%3A+CQL+Management+API#CEP38:CQLManagementAPI-CQLCommandSyntax
>
> There was quite a heated argument in an adjacent thread about adding
> custom syntax so I just want to highlight the fact that your CEP is
> introducing that as well. I just want to be on the same page with everybody
> so we are aware that your CEP will indeed introduce new CQL syntax, as it
> might be considered as something which drifts away from "pure SQL" and
> introduces custom concepts tailored only for Cassandra.
>
> I do not personally find this problematic and I do not object what you are
> trying to do. I just want to make it explicit for everybody that there are
> various instances of this happening and we should treat these cases equal.
>
> Anyway,
>
> +1
>
> Regards
>
> On Fri, Oct 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM Paulo Motta <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> +1 - Nice proposal!
>
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM Abe Ratnofsky <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> +1
>
> On Oct 2, 2025, at 4:56 PM, Joseph Lynch <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> +1
>
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM Jaydeep Chovatia <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> +1
>
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM Doug Rohrer <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> +1 - Thanks for the CEP and discussion... looking forward to this moving
> forward.
>
> Doug
>
> On Oct 2, 2025, at 9:53 AM, Bernardo Botella <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> +1 (nb)
>
> On Oct 1, 2025, at 4:55 PM, Josh McKenzie <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> +1
>
> On Wed, Oct 1, 2025, at 7:36 PM, Francisco Guerrero wrote:
>
> +1
>
> On 2025/10/01 17:58:53 Maxim Muzafarov wrote:
> > Dear Community,
> >
> > I would like to start voting on CEP-38.
> >
> > Proposal:
> >
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/CEP-38%3A+CQL+Management+API
> >
> > Discussion thread:
> > https://lists.apache.org/thread/pow83q92m666nqtwyw4m3b18nnkgj2y8
> >
> >
> > See voting guidelines
> > https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html
> >
> > +1 - to accept (CEP-38: CQL Management API)
> > 0 - don't care either way
> > -1 - DO NOT accept (explain why)
> >
> >
> > This vote will be open for at least 168 hours (7 days) till October 8,
> > 2025, 6 p.m. UTC.
> > Please, write me down the thread if you need additional time to check
> > the proposal or have any questions.
> >
> > --
> > Maxim Muzafarov
> >
>
>
>
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