I pushed for Windows support 5+ years ago but I just use WSL now. (WSL2 makes it easier for Docker but it's not required.)
On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 8:41 PM Yuki Morishita <yu...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to raise my concern about Windows support, as we are getting > closer to 4.0 release. > > Since the support for JDK11 (CASSANDRA-9608), Windows script to start > Cassandra is broken. > The fix for the script is posted to > https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/CASSANDRA/issues/CASSANDRA-14608. > > Windows scripts are not maintained recently, and I don't think we have > any Windows environment in CI for testing. > I don't think it is a good idea to release Apache Cassandra with > broken Windows scripts. > > With the latest update of Windows 10, even the Windows 10 Home edition > users can use Docker for Windows if they enable WSL2 in their machine. > However, the update is not yet available for everyone, and I believe > many Enterprises hold onto upgrading to the latest version. Even if > they do so, they can disable WSL2 from using. Some companies may not > allow installing VirtualBox either. > > So, what we can do for 4.0 release: > > - Stop supporting Windows. Remove every bat/ps1 scripts from the > source and distribution. Encourage Windows users to use VM/Docker. > - Continue supporting Windows. Set up Windows test environment. Test > every Windows scripts for future releases. > > Since I saw enterprises with restricted dev environments (and saw > people trying to use cassandra on Windows on StackOverflow), I want to > have Windows scripts ready to be used. > But I'm also fine if we decide to remove all Windows scripts since I > use Docker anyway. > > Regards, > Yuki > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org > > -- Jonathan Ellis co-founder, http://www.datastax.com @spyced
