Janne, You are not alone. I am also confused by that "Under normal conditions ..." statement. I can really use some examples such as: 3.0.0 = ? 3.0.1 = ? 3.1.0 = ? 3.1.1 = ? (this should not happen under normal conditions because the fix should be in 3.3.0 - the next bug fix release?)
On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 3:05 AM, Janne Jalkanen <janne.jalka...@ecyrd.com> wrote: > > I’m sorry, I don’t understand the new release scheme at all. Both of these > are bug fixes on 3.0? What’s the actual difference? > > If I just want to run the most stable 3.0, should I run 3.0.1 or 3.1? > Will 3.0 gain new features which will not go into 3.1, because that’s a bug > fix release on 3.0? So 3.0.x will contain more features than 3.1, as > even-numbered releases will be getting new features? Or is 3.0.1 and 3.1 > essentially the same thing? Then what’s the role of 3.1? Will there be more > than one 3.1? 3.1.1? Or is it 3.3? What’s the content of that? 3.something > + patches = 3.what? > > What does this statement in the referred blog post mean? "Under normal > conditions, we will NOT release 3.x.y stability releases for x > 0.” Why > are the normal conditions being violated already by releasing 3.1 (since 1 > > 0)? > > /Janne, who is completely confused by all this, and suspects he’s the > target of some hideous joke. > > On 8 Dec 2015, at 22:26, Jake Luciani <j...@apache.org> wrote: > > > The Cassandra team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Cassandra > version 3.1. This is the first release from our new Tick-Tock release > process[4]. > It contains only bugfixes on the 3.0 release. > > Apache Cassandra is a fully distributed database. It is the right choice > when you need scalability and high availability without compromising > performance. > > http://cassandra.apache.org/ > > Downloads of source and binary distributions are listed in our download > section: > > http://cassandra.apache.org/download/ > > This version is a bug fix release[1] on the 3.x series. As always, please > pay > attention to the release notes[2] and Let us know[3] if you were to > encounter > any problem. > > Enjoy! > > [1]: http://goo.gl/rQJ9yd (CHANGES.txt) > [2]: http://goo.gl/WBrlCs (NEWS.txt) > [3]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA > [4]: http://www.planetcassandra.org/blog/cassandra-2-2-3-0-and-beyond/ > > >
