> Sure, some like big shiny new numbers for new features and new APIs. But if we follow the online upgrade-compatibility approach, clusters will be able to upgrade from any 4.x to 5.1, therefore from the operators PoV the "6" is not required. > Aside from my desire to make our semver consistent to just upgrade-compatibility, I'm in favour of sticking to our general messaging the past year that Accord will be available in Cassandra 5. (Introducing a new major number 6 here IMHO hurts more than helps.)
Thanks for this context and clarification. Based on this I think it makes sense to follow an "online upgrade-compatibility approach" to define major versioning and have TCM/Accord on 5.1. On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 11:33 AM Mick Semb Wever <m...@apache.org> wrote: > Regarding the versioning scheme, if we follow the versioning scheme we >> have defined "by the book" then TCM/Accord would belong to a 6.0 version, >> which I have to admit feels a bit weird but it would signal to the user >> community that a major change is being introduced. I don't feel strongly >> about this so would be fine with a 5.1 even though it would be a departure >> from the new versioning scheme we have agreed upon. >> > > > It can be 5.1 as there's no upgrade-compatibility breakages in TCM/Accord. > > Sure, some like big shiny new numbers for new features and new APIs. But > if we follow the online upgrade-compatibility approach, clusters will be > able to upgrade from any 4.x to 5.1, therefore from the operators PoV the > "6" is not required. > > I had a chat with Sam offline about this. There's a small change in how > the PropertyFileSnitch works and removing the ability to change a node's > rack/dc once joined. It's been suggested to enforce these in 5.0 (with > simple assertions). > > Aside from my desire to make our semver consistent to just > upgrade-compatibility, I'm in favour of sticking to our general messaging > the past year that Accord will be available in Cassandra 5. (Introducing a > new major number 6 here IMHO hurts more than helps.) > >
