Track request for cqlsh 5.x

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Hi,

Cassandra 4 released cqlsh 6.0.0 (see cqlsh pip) with support for Python 3 and several other breaking changes, such as server-side DESCRIBE statements no longer being handled by the client side (see CASSANDRA-14825 and CASSANDRA-8005). For example:

$ cqlsh
Connected to Test Cluster at 127.0.0.1:9042
[cqlsh 6.0.0 | Cassandra 3.11.13 | CQL spec 3.4.4 | Native protocol v4]
Use HELP for help.
cqlsh> DESCRIBE TABLES 
WARN: DESCRIBE|DESC was moved to server side in Cassandra 4.0. As a consequence DESRIBE|DESC will not work in cqlsh '6.0.0' connected to Cassandra '3.11.13', the version that you are connected to. DESCRIBE does not exist server side prior Cassandra 4.0.
cqlsh>

Thus, I’d like to publish the snap version 5.0.5 to the 5.x track, for those still using Cassandra 3; with 6.0.0 and newer going to the default latest track.

Can I have the 5.x track created please? (There’s no point in separate 5.0, 5.1, etc tracks as development has already moved to 6.x)

Thanks in advance,

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Hi,

Cqlsh has no existing tracks, so per Process for aliases, auto-connections and tracks , we need a 1-week voting/discussion period, so I’ll check back on the discussion and votes in a few days.

I usually ask three questions about software requiring tracks, but in the case of cqlsh I think I’m familiar enough with the requirements, so I’m +1 on granting this track.

  • Daniel