It sounds like the dependencies are good for an alpha release. I'm assuming this is a VOTE thread?
Patrick On Mon, Feb 2, 2026 at 10:52 AM Ekaterina Dimitrova <[email protected]> wrote: > Awesome, 👏🏻 Great job everyone! > > On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 at 13:29, Mick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> To clarify my understanding (from some questions i got offline): >> >> The quarterly alphas do not impose restrictions of any kind, and are cut >> off trunk. >> >> The end-of-year (April) alpha is cut from a new release branch, and then >> we start our QA release lifecycle steps. >> >> ref: >> - >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Cadence+and+Alpha+Releases >> - https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Lifecycle >> >> The second link might need some small updates/corrections ? >> >> >> >> >> > On 2 Feb 2026, at 19:12, Mick <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Wonderful Josh! >> > I'm happy to step in now and cut January's 6.0-alpha1 release. >> > >> > Then 6.0-alpha2 will be due in April. >> > This is according to our agreed upon quarterly alphas and then the >> process to GA starting in Apri. >> > IIUC. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> On 2 Feb 2026, at 18:44, Josh McKenzie <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Update: just merged JDK21 support to trunk. No blockers from my side >> on cutting 6.0-alpha1 >> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 2, 2026, at 11:20 AM, Josh McKenzie wrote: >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> JDK21 support is very very close to merging. Just some final touch-up >> on the docker and Jenkinsfile stuff. CI is all clear and it's rebased as of >> this morning. >> >>> >> >>> With any luck we'll have that merged today and, pending any further >> feedback on this thread, we'll be ready to cut an alpha-1. >> >>> >> >>> On Sun, Feb 1, 2026, at 11:43 PM, Štefan Miklošovič wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> Hi guys, >> >>>> >> >>>> should we not coordinate the 6.0 release somehow? Does it still hold >> >>>> that we are aiming to release it this April (1) ? It is two months >> >>>> from now which honestly feels like "tomorrow" heh, given how this >> >>>> space moves. >> >>>> >> >>>> We do want Java 21 in there, right? How is that going? Anything else >> >>>> we should include there? What are the general vibes around 6.0 in >> >>>> April? >> >>>> >> >>>> (1) >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Cadence+and+Alpha+Releases >> >>>> >> >>>> Regards >> >>>> >> >>> >> >> >> > >> >>
