Ladies and Gents, pursuant with The Plan[1], we have branched[2] and a freeze is now in effect.
First and foremost this means no new features[3]. The idea is to release in 4 weeks, which will be here before you know it. We need the bug count to trend downward, which will be difficult enough without feature/scope-creep. We also need to maintain compatibility. I believe it is very important that we set this expectation for our betas. If users feel certain that each is unarguably more release-ready than the last, and that it is reasonably straightforward to upgrade from one to the next, (including the final), then we should see more serious testing during these periods. The upshots are that anything you didn't get in only needs to wait ~4 months, and trunk is still open for business (so go nuts). I'd like to get going on the first beta as soon as possible, (this week would be great). If you know of issues that should be dealt with before that happens, please let me know. Thanks everyone! [1]: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.cassandra.devel/2867 [2]: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra/branches/cassandra-0.8 [3]: Common-sense / consensus will prevail, of course. -- Eric Evans eev...@rackspace.com
