Note: the precise details of some of these steps have changed. Leaving this here as a guide only.
Run the tests and ensure they all pass
Update CHANGELOG.rst * Check for any missing entries * Add today's date to the release section
Update the version in
cassandra/__init__.py* For beta releases, use a version like(2, 1, '0b1')* For release candidates, use a version like(2, 1, '0rc1')* When in doubt, follow PEP 440 versioningAdd the new version in
docs.yamlCommit the changelog and version changes, e.g.
git commit -m'version 1.0.0'Tag the release. For example:
git tag -a 1.0.0 -m 'version 1.0.0'Push the tag and new
master:git push origin 1.0.0 ; git push origin masterUpdate the python-driver submodule of python-driver-wheels, commit then push.
Trigger the Github Actions necessary to build wheels for the various platforms
For a GA release, upload the package to pypi:
# Clean the working directory python setup.py clean rm dist/* # Build the source distribution python setup.py sdist # Download all wheels from the jfrog repository and copy them in # the dist/ directory cp /path/to/wheels/*.whl dist/ # Upload all files twine upload dist/*
On pypi, make the latest GA the only visible version
Update the docs (see below)
Append a 'postN' string to the version tuple in
cassandra/__init__.pyso that it looks like(x, y, z, 'postN')- After a beta or rc release, this should look like
(2, 1, '0b1', 'post0')
- After a beta or rc release, this should look like
After the release has been tagged, add a section to docs.yaml with the new tag ref:
versions: - name: <version name> ref: <release tag>Commit and push
Update 'cassandra-test' branch to reflect new release
- this is typically a matter of merging or rebasing onto master
- test and push updated branch to origin
Update the JIRA releases: https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/CASSPYTHON?selectedItem=com.atlassian.jira.jira-projects-plugin:release-page
- add release dates and set version as "released"
Make an announcement on the mailing list
Unit tests can be run like so:
pytest tests/unit/
You can run a specific test method like so:
pytest tests/unit/test_connection.py::ConnectionTest::test_bad_protocol_version
In order to run integration tests, you must specify a version to run using the CASSANDRA_VERSION or DSE_VERSION environment variable:
CASSANDRA_VERSION=2.0.9 pytest tests/integration/standard
Or you can specify a cassandra directory (to test unreleased versions):
CASSANDRA_DIR=/path/to/cassandra pytest tests/integration/standard/
The test will start the appropriate Cassandra clusters when necessary but if you don't want this to happen because a Cassandra cluster is already running the flag USE_CASS_EXTERNAL can be used, for example:
USE_CASS_EXTERNAL=1 CASSANDRA_VERSION=2.0.9 pytest tests/integration/standard
The protocol version defaults to 1 for cassandra 1.2 and 2 otherwise. You can explicitly set
it with the PROTOCOL_VERSION environment variable:
PROTOCOL_VERSION=3 pytest tests/integration/standard
Use tox to test all of Python 3.9 through 3.13 and pypy:
tox
By default, tox only runs the unit tests.
There needs to be a version of cassandra running locally so before running the benchmarks, if ccm is installed:
ccm create benchmark_cluster -v 3.0.1 -n 1 -s
To run the benchmarks, pick one of the files under the benchmarks/ dir and run it:
python benchmarks/future_batches.py
There are a few options. Use --help to see them all:
python benchmarks/future_batches.py --help
A source distribution is included in Cassandra, which uses the driver internally for cqlsh.
To package a released version, checkout the tag and build a source zip archive:
python setup.py sdist --formats=zip
If packaging a pre-release (untagged) version, it is useful to include a commit hash in the archive name to specify the built version:
python setup.py egg_info -b-`git rev-parse --short HEAD` sdist --formats=zip
The file (dist/cassandra-driver-<version spec>.zip) is packaged with Cassandra in cassandra/lib/cassandra-driver-internal-only*zip.
An EAP release is only uploaded on a private server and it is not published on pypi.
Clean the environment:
python setup.py clean
Package the source distribution:
python setup.py sdist
Test the source distribution:
pip install dist/cassandra-driver-<version>.tar.gz
Upload the package on the EAP download server.
Build the documentation:
python setup.py doc
Upload the docs on the EAP download server.