+1 Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 14, 2026, at 3:44 AM, Štefan Miklošovič <[email protected]> wrote: > > +1 yeah let's do that. > >> On Thu, Apr 9, 2026 at 11:37 PM 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 >>> >>> >>
