Perhaps on my third try... keep three branches total, including 3.11: 3.11, 4, next. Support for 3.11 begins ending after next+1, is what I'm trying to convey.
On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 2:58 PM Brandon Williams <dri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Err, to be clear: keep 3.11 until we have 3 other branches. > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 2:57 PM Brandon Williams <dri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I'm +1 on 3 branches, and thus ~3 years of support. So in the > > transition, would we aim to keep 3.11 until after 4.0 and a successor > > are released? > > > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 11:44 AM Benjamin Lerer > > <benjamin.le...@datastax.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Are we also trying to reach a consensus here that a release branch > > > > should > > > > be supported for ~3 years (i.e. that we are aiming to limit ourselves > > > > to 3 > > > > release branches plus trunk)? > > > > > > > > > 3 release branches make sense to me +1 > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 6:15 PM Michael Semb Wever <m...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I believe that there is an appetite for the bleeding edge snapshots > > > > > where > > > > > we do not guarantee stability and that the semver discussion is not > > > > > finished yet but I would like us to let those discussions go for some > > > > > follow up threads. > > > > > My goal with this thread was to reach an agreement on a release > > > > > cadence > > > > for > > > > > the version we will officially support after 4.0. > > > > > > > > > > My impression is that most people agree with *one release every year* > > > > > so > > > > I > > > > > would like to propose it as our future release cadence. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > +1 to branching off one release branch a year. > > > > > > > > Are we also trying to reach a consensus here that a release branch > > > > should > > > > be supported for ~3 years (i.e. that we are aiming to limit ourselves > > > > to 3 > > > > release branches plus trunk)? > > > > > > > > +1 to flexible dates. > > > > > > > > +1 to non-GA non-branched releases along the way. > > > > > > > > > > > > Jeremiah, I have nothing to add to your post. I think you did a > > > > fantastic > > > > job of combining how semver would work in combination Benedict's focus > > > > on > > > > cadence and reducing the community burden. It also helped highlight the > > > > different discussions to be had, that should be had separately. Thanks > > > > Benjamin for bringing it back to what was your original questions (sorry > > > > for the derail): > > > > > > > > > 1) What release cadence do we want to use for major/minor versions? > > > > > 2) How do we plan to ensure the quality of the releases? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org
