A new Debian package build of Cassandra 2.2.6 has been created, see:
cassandra_2.2.6-wmf3.dsc
cassandra_2.2.6-wmf3.diff.gz
cassandra_2.2.6-wmf3_all.deb
cassandra-tools_2.2.6-wmf3_all.deb
cassandra_2.2.6-wmf3_amd64.changes
cassandra_2.2.6.orig.tar.gz
This package addresses the test invocation of the JVM added in CASSANDRA-11752 which results in startup blocking when the Prometheus exporter is enabled.
The debdiff output against wmf2:
https://gist.github.com/eevans/af4e8e8b1893bd00e9d1accece3ff65f (full)
https://gist.github.com/eevans/75138b10f1219b9788186de672d04774 (sans generated files)