No vote thread is required, not until at least the release is cut and staged.
Once I'm ready to do that I'll let you know, there's a few things in flight at the moment that we're waiting on. > On 6 Feb 2026, at 21:21, Štefan Miklošovič <[email protected]> wrote: > > It was not my intention to vote on anything here, more like a probe > into where we are right now. Anybody else feel free to start a voting > thread if you see it fit or transform this one into such. > > On Sat, Feb 7, 2026 at 5:32 AM Patrick McFadin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>
