On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 at 19:31, Caleb Rackliffe <calebrackli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...or just cutting a 5.0 branch when CEP-21 is ready. > > There's nothing stopping us from testing JDK17 and TTL bits in trunk > before that. > > On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 11:25 AM Caleb Rackliffe <calebrackli...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > Once all CEPs except CEP-21 and CEP-15 land we branch cassandra-5.0 >> >> For the record, I'm not convinced this is necessarily better than just >> cutting a cassandra-5.0 branch on 1 October. >> > How else would this work without being akin to a feature freeze on trunk. We want (need) as much time as possible to test. We have no evidence that it will be quicker than 4.1, we have to create that evidence. Those folk that free up and are ready to get ahead and de-risk our testing efforts should be given a release branch to make their work easier and to give us that evidence in a more controlled manner so that we can plan better next time. Appreciate that there's one too many variables here, but I'm sticking up for the testing efforts here.
