Hi Michael, What you and Jon said makes sense.
You have addressed a follow up concern I had about making sure the site was updated if we go ahead with making 2.1 EOL. I'm happy to help with site changes if needed. Cheers, Anthony On Mon, 4 Feb 2019 at 11:31, Michael Shuler <mich...@pbandjelly.org> wrote: > My first couple sentences in the vote email were intended as a > statement, based on a lack of concerns voiced on EOL of 2.1. > > I made a request for comment on EOL of 2.1 series a month ago, in > "Subject: EOL 2.1 series?": > > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/87ee2e3d13ea96744545ed8612496a93f8235747c4f60d0084b37bae@%3Cdev.cassandra.apache.org%3E > > Yes, I'm aware our download page states we support 2.1 until 4.0, but we > do not really do so. > > The reality is that developers have been actively ignoring the branch, > even when suggested to commit to the 2.1 branch. I can go dig up IRC > logs and commits, but I really don't feel like it adds any value to the > conversation. As Jonathan Haddad says, let's just be honest with users > about what has already been happening independently. > > To continue stating we actively support 2.1 until 4.0 and actually > follow through, the project should audit fixed bugs in 2.2+ and see if > they still exist in 2.1, unfixed. I imagine there are a few. I know for > sure of one that was not committed. Alternatively, we sunset the branch, > make that change on the download page, and move on. I don't think it's > right to continue telling users we are doing something, if we aren't and > haven't been. > > Michael > > On 2/3/19 5:24 PM, Anthony Grasso wrote: > > +1 non-binding, for the release of 2.1.21 > > > > Regarding EOL of 2.1.x, did we announce in the past that 2.1.21 would be > > the final release? > > > > According to the download <http://cassandra.apache.org/download/> page > 2.1 > > is meant to be supported with critical fixes only until 4.0 is released. > I > > suspect that people may be relying on this, as I have seen a number 2.1.x > > clusters still in production use. > > > > On Mon, 4 Feb 2019 at 07:09, Jonathan Haddad <j...@jonhaddad.com> wrote: > > > >> I think having the discussion around EOL is pretty important, in order > to > >> set the right expectations for the community. > >> > >> Looking at the commits for 2.1, there's hardly any activity going on, > >> meaning it's effectively been EOL'ed for a long time now. I think it's > >> better that we be honest with folks about it. > >> > >> On Sun, Feb 3, 2019 at 9:34 AM Nate McCall <zznat...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> +1 on the release of 2.1.21 (let's focus on that in the spirit of > >>> these other votes we have up right now). > >>> > >>> I don't feel the need to be absolutist about something being EOL. > >>> > >>> On Sun, Feb 3, 2019 at 1:47 AM Stefan Podkowinski <s...@apache.org> > >> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> What are we voting on here? Releasing the 2.1.21 candidate, or that > 2.1 > >>>> would become EOL? Please let's have separate votes on that, if you > want > >>>> to propose putting 2.1 EOL (which I'm strongly -1). > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 03.02.19 01:32, Michael Shuler wrote: > >>>>> *EOL* release for the 2.1 series. There will be no new releases from > >>> the > >>>>> 'cassandra-2.1' branch after this release. > >>>>> > >>>>> ---- > >>>>> > >>>>> I propose the following artifacts for release as 2.1.21. > >>>>> > >>>>> sha1: 9bb75358dfdf1b9824f9a454e70ee2c02bc64a45 > >>>>> Git: > >>>>> > >>> > >> > https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/tags/2.1.21-tentative > >>>>> Artifacts: > >>>>> > >>> > >> > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecassandra-1173/org/apache/cassandra/apache-cassandra/2.1.21/ > >>>>> Staging repository: > >>>>> > >>> > >> > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecassandra-1173/ > >>>>> > >>>>> The Debian and RPM packages are available here: > >>>>> http://people.apache.org/~mshuler > >>>>> > >>>>> The vote will be open for 72 hours (longer if needed). > >>>>> > >>>>> [1]: CHANGES.txt: > >>>>> > >>> > >> > https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=blob_plain;f=CHANGES.txt;hb=refs/tags/2.1.21-tentative > >>>>> [2]: NEWS.txt: > >>>>> > >>> > >> > https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=blob_plain;f=CHANGES.txt;hb=refs/tags/2.1.21-tentative > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> 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 > >>> > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> Jon Haddad > >> http://www.rustyrazorblade.com > >> twitter: rustyrazorblade > >> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org > >
