Do we want to release 6.0-alpha2 _now_ or the next quarter, that would be ... June / July, not sure what you prefer. I don't mind either way.
In Mick's first mail there is: "This would kick off the alpha release lifecycle definition/expectations." On Sun, Apr 19, 2026 at 7:28 PM Mick <[email protected]> wrote: > > Only agreement ! > > CASSANDRA-21319 for the branching, which is in progress. > I need to leave the 6.0-alpha2 cut to others. > > > > > On 9 Apr 2026, at 23:37, Mick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > We said* we would, are we ready to branch cassandra-6.0 and cut 6.0-alpha2 ? > > > > There's a bit to do and often a few new unknowns each time around. Unless > > someone else is willing to step in and do it, I'll need to do it this week, > > or wait til June… > > > > *) We have agreed that we cut our first proper alphas in April (and > > branching off trunk), so this should be to plan. > > > > This would kick off the alpha release lifecycle definition/expectations. > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Lifecycle > > > > > > > >> On 4 Apr 2026, at 00:00, Mick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> The Cassandra team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Cassandra > >> version 6.0-alpha1. > >> > >> Apache Cassandra is a fully distributed database. It is the right choice > >> when you need scalability and high availability without compromising > >> performance. > >> > >> https://cassandra.apache.org/ > >> > >> Source and binary distributions for this version can be downloaded from: > >> https://downloads.apache.org/cassandra/ > >> > >> This version is a quarterly alpha release[1] on the 6.0 series. Please > >> note, the cassandra-6.0 branch has not been created, and this release does > >> not start the alpha quality release lifecycle guidelines. Quarterly alphas > >> are intended only for development and testing purposes, read more here: > >> https://lists.apache.org/thread/y3fyv596h83vwmpc85x4vpq78p1r12l4 > >> > >> As always, please pay attention to the release notes[2] and let us know[3] > >> if you encounter any problem. > >> > >> [WARNING] Debian and RedHat package repositories have moved! Debian > >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cassandra.sources.list and RedHat > >> /etc/yum.repos.d/cassandra.repo files must be updated to the new > >> repository URLs. For Debian it is now https://debian.cassandra.apache.org > >> <https://debian.cassandra.apache.org/> . For RedHat it is now > >> https://redhat.cassandra.apache.org/60x/ . > >> > >> Enjoy! > >> > >> [1]: CHANGES.txt > >> https://github.com/apache/cassandra/blob/cassandra-6.0-alpha1/CHANGES.txt > >> [2]: NEWS.txt > >> https://github.com/apache/cassandra/blob/cassandra-6.0-alpha1/NEWS.txt > >> [3]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA > >> > >> > > >
