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[flink-web] 01/03: Add missing 1.9.0 download link entry
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commit 032d019f7fa3c541d55b1d22eb865a23d645823a
Author: Tzu-Li (Gordon) Tai <tz...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Thu Aug 22 08:57:55 2019 +0200
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All Flink releases are available via [https://archive.apache.org/dist/flink/](https://archive.apache.org/dist/flink/) including checksums and cryptographic signatures. At the time of writing, this includes the following versions:
### Flink
+- Flink 1.9.0 - 2019-08-22 ([Source](https://archive.apache.org/dist/flink/flink-1.9.0/flink-1.9.0-src.tgz), [Binaries](https://archive.apache.org/dist/flink/flink-1.9.0/), [Docs]({{site.DOCS_BASE_URL}}flink-docs-release-1.9/), [Javadocs]({{site.DOCS_BASE_URL}}flink-docs-release-1.9/api/java), [ScalaDocs]({{site.DOCS_BASE_URL}}flink-docs-release-1.9/api/scala/index.html))
- Flink 1.8.1 - 2019-07-02 ([Source](https://archive.apache.org/dist/flink/flink-1.8.1/flink-1.8.1-src.tgz), [Binaries](https://archive.apache.org/dist/flink/flink-1.8.1/), [Docs]({{site.DOCS_BASE_URL}}flink-docs-release-1.8/), [Javadocs]({{site.DOCS_BASE_URL}}flink-docs-release-1.8/api/java), [ScalaDocs]({{site.DOCS_BASE_URL}}flink-docs-release-1.8/api/scala/index.html))
- Flink 1.8.0 - 2019-04-09 ([Source](https://archive.apache.org/dist/flink/flink-1.8.0/flink-1.8.0-src.tgz), [Binaries](https://archive.apache.org/dist/flink/flink-1.8.0/), [Docs]({{site.DOCS_BASE_URL}}flink-docs-release-1.8/), [Javadocs]({{site.DOCS_BASE_URL}}flink-docs-release-1.8/api/java), [ScalaDocs]({{site.DOCS_BASE_URL}}flink-docs-release-1.8/api/scala/index.html))
- Flink 1.7.2 - 2019-02-15 ([Source](https://archive.apache.org/dist/flink/flink-1.7.2/flink-1.7.2-src.tgz), [Binaries](https://archive.apache.org/dist/flink/flink-1.7.2/), [Docs]({{site.DOCS_BASE_URL}}flink-docs-release-1.7/), [Javadocs]({{site.DOCS_BASE_URL}}flink-docs-release-1.7/api/java), [ScalaDocs]({{site.DOCS_BASE_URL}}flink-docs-release-1.7/api/scala/index.html))
[flink-web] 03/03: Rebuild website
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AuthorDate: Thu Aug 22 12:06:27 2019 +0200
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<h3 id="flink">Flink</h3>
<ul>
+ <li>Flink 1.9.0 - 2019-08-22 (<a href="https://archive.apache.org/dist/flink/flink-1.9.0/flink-1.9.0-src.tgz">Source</a>, <a href="https://archive.apache.org/dist/flink/flink-1.9.0/">Binaries</a>, <a href="https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-release-1.9/">Docs</a>, <a href="https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-release-1.9/api/java">Javadocs</a>, <a href="https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-release-1.9/api/scala/index.html">ScalaDocs</a>)</li>
<li>Flink 1.8.1 - 2019-07-02 (<a href="https://archive.apache.org/dist/flink/flink-1.8.1/flink-1.8.1-src.tgz">Source</a>, <a href="https://archive.apache.org/dist/flink/flink-1.8.1/">Binaries</a>, <a href="https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-release-1.8/">Docs</a>, <a href="https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-release-1.8/api/java">Javadocs</a>, <a href="https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-release-1.8/api/scala/index.html">ScalaDocs</a>)</li>
<li>Flink 1.8.0 - 2019-04-09 (<a href="https://archive.apache.org/dist/flink/flink-1.8.0/flink-1.8.0-src.tgz">Source</a>, <a href="https://archive.apache.org/dist/flink/flink-1.8.0/">Binaries</a>, <a href="https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-release-1.8/">Docs</a>, <a href="https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-release-1.8/api/java">Javadocs</a>, <a href="https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-release-1.8/api/scala/index.html">ScalaDocs</a>)</li>
<li>Flink 1.7.2 - 2019-02-15 (<a href="https://archive.apache.org/dist/flink/flink-1.7.2/flink-1.7.2-src.tgz">Source</a>, <a href="https://archive.apache.org/dist/flink/flink-1.7.2/">Binaries</a>, <a href="https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-release-1.7/">Docs</a>, <a href="https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-release-1.7/api/java">Javadocs</a>, <a href="https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-release-1.7/api/scala/index.html">ScalaDocs</a>)</li>
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[flink-web] 02/03: Add 1.9.0 release announcement
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+---
+layout: post
+title: "Apache Flink 1.9.0 Release Announcement"
+date: 2019-8-22 12:10:00
+categories: news
+authors:
+- till:
+ name: "Marta Moreira"
+ twitter: "morsapaes"
+---
+
+
+The Apache Flink community is proud to announce the release of Apache Flink
+1.9.0.
+
+The Apache Flink project's goal is to develop a stream processing system to
+unify and power many forms of real-time and offline data processing
+applications as well as event-driven applications. In this release, we have
+made a huge step forward in that effort, by integrating Flink’s stream and
+batch processing capabilities under a single, unified runtime.
+
+Significant features on this path are batch-style recovery for batch jobs and
+a preview of the new Blink-based query engine for Table API and SQL queries.
+We are also excited to announce the availability of the State Processor API,
+which is one of the most frequently requested features and enables users to
+read and write savepoints with Flink DataSet jobs. Finally, Flink 1.9 includes
+a reworked WebUI and previews of Flink’s new Python Table API and its
+integration with the Apache Hive ecosystem.
+
+This blog post describes all major new features and improvements, important
+changes to be aware of and what to expect moving forward. For more details,
+check the [complete release
+changelog](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12315522&version=12344601).
+
+The binary distribution and source artifacts for this release are now
+available via the [Downloads](https://flink.apache.org/downloads.html) page of
+the Flink project, along with the updated
+[documentation](https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-release-1.9/).
+Flink 1.9 is API-compatible with previous 1.x releases for APIs annotated with
+the `@Public` annotation.
+
+Please feel encouraged to download the release and share your thoughts with
+the community through the Flink [mailing
+lists](https://flink.apache.org/community.html#mailing-lists) or
+[JIRA](https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/FLINK/summary). As always,
+feedback is very much appreciated!
+
+
+{% toc %}
+
+
+## New Features and Improvements
+
+
+### Fine-grained Batch Recovery (FLIP-1)
+
+The time to recover a batch (DataSet, Table API and SQL) job from a task
+failure was significantly reduced. Until Flink 1.9, task failures in batch
+jobs were recovered by canceling all tasks and restarting the whole job, i.e,
+the job was started from scratch and all progress was voided. With this
+release, Flink can be configured to limit the recovery to only those tasks
+that are in the same **failover region**. A failover region is the set of
+tasks that are connected via pipelined data exchanges. Hence, the
+batch-shuffle connections of a job define the boundaries of its failover
+regions. More details are available in
+[FLIP-1](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP-1+%3A+Fine+Grained+Recovery+from+Task+Failures).
+ To use this new failover strategy, you need to do the following
+settings:
+ * Make sure you have the entry `jobmanager.execution.failover-strategy:
+ region` in your `flink-conf.yaml`.
+
+**Note:** The configuration of the 1.9 distribution has that entry by default,
+ but when reusing a configuration file from previous setups, you have to add
+ it manually.
+
+Moreover, you need to set the `ExecutionMode` of batch jobs in the
+`ExecutionConfig` to `BATCH` to configure that data shuffles are not pipelined
+and jobs have more than one failover region.
+
+The "Region" failover strategy also improves the recovery of “embarrassingly
+parallel” streaming jobs, i.e., jobs without any shuffle like keyBy() or
+rebalance. When such a job is recovered, only the tasks of the affected
+pipeline (failover region) are restarted. For all other streaming jobs, the
+recovery behavior is the same as in prior Flink versions.
+
+
+### State Processor API (FLIP-43)
+
+Up to Flink 1.9, accessing the state of a job from the outside was limited to
+the (still) experimental [Queryable
+State](https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-stable/dev/stream/state/queryable_state.html).
+This release introduces a new, powerful library to read, write and modify
+state snapshots using the batch DataSet API. In practice, this means:
+
+ * Flink job state can be bootstrapped by reading data from external systems,
+ such as external databases, and converting it into a savepoint.
+ * State in savepoints can be queried using any of Flink’s batch APIs
+ (DataSet, Table, SQL), for example to analyze relevant state patterns or
+ check for discrepancies in state that can support application auditing or
+ troubleshooting.
+ * The schema of state in savepoints can be migrated offline, compared to the
+ previous approach requiring online migration on schema access.
+ * Invalid data in savepoints can be identified and corrected.
+
+The new State Processor API covers all variations of snapshots: savepoints,
+full checkpoints and incremental checkpoints. More details are available in
+[FLIP-43](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP-43%3A+State+Processor+API)
+
+
+### Stop-with-Savepoint (FLIP-34)
+
+[Cancelling with a
+savepoint](https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-stable/ops/state/savepoints.html#operations)
+is a common operation for stopping/restarting, forking or updating Flink jobs.
+However, the existing implementation did not guarantee output persistence to
+external storage systems for exactly-once sinks. To improve the end-to-end
+semantics when stopping a job, Flink 1.9 introduces a new `SUSPEND` mode to
+stop a job with a savepoint that is consistent with the emitted data.
+You can suspend a job with Flink’s CLI client as follows:
+
+```
+bin/flink stop -s [:targetDirectory] :jobId
+```
+
+The final job state is set to `FINISHED` on success, allowing
+users to detect failures of the requested operation.
+
+More details are available in
+[FLIP-34](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=103090212)
+
+
+
+### Flink WebUI Rework
+
+After a
+[discussion](http://apache-flink-mailing-list-archive.1008284.n3.nabble.com/DISCUSS-Change-underlying-Frontend-Architecture-for-Flink-Web-Dashboard-td24902.html)
+about modernizing the internals of Flink’s WebUI, this component was
+reconstructed using the latest stable version of Angular — basically, a bump
+from Angular 1.x to 7.x. The redesigned version is the default in 1.9.0,
+however there is a link to switch to the old WebUI.
+
+<div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-6"> <span><img class="thumbnail"
+ src="{{site.baseurl}}/img/blog/release-19-web1.png" /></span> </div> <div
+ class="col-sm-6"> <span><img class="thumbnail"
+ src="{{site.baseurl}}/img/blog/release-19-web2.png" /></span> </div>
+ </div>
+
+**Note:** Moving forward, feature parity for the old version of the WebUI
+will not be guaranteed.
+
+
+### Preview of the new Blink SQL Query Processor
+
+Following the [donation of
+Blink]({{site.baseurl}}/news/2019/02/13/unified-batch-streaming-blink.html) to
+Apache Flink, the community worked on integrating Blink’s query optimizer and
+runtime for the Table API and SQL. As a first step, we refactored the
+monolithic `flink-table` module into smaller modules
+([FLIP-32](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP-32%3A+Restructure+flink-table+for+future+contributions)).
+This resulted in a clear separation of and well-defined interfaces between the
+Java and Scala API modules and the optimizer and runtime modules.
+
+<span><img style="width:50%"
+src="{{site.baseurl}}/img/blog/release-19-stack.png" /></span>
+
+Next, we extended Blink’s planner to implement the new optimizer interface
+such that there are now two pluggable query processors to execute Table API
+and SQL statements: the pre-1.9 Flink processor and the new Blink-based query
+processor. The Blink-based query processor offers better SQL coverage (full TPC-H
+coverage in 1.9, TPC-DS coverage is planned for the next release) and improved
+performance for batch queries as the result of more extensive query
+optimization (cost-based plan selection and more optimization rules), improved
+code-generation, and tuned operator implementations.
+The Blink-based query processor also provides a more powerful streaming runner,
+with some new features (e.g. dimension table join, TopN, deduplication) and
+optimizations to solve data-skew in aggregation and more useful built-in
+functions.
+
+**Note:** The semantics and set of supported operations of the query
+processors are mostly, but not fully aligned.
+
+However, the integration of Blink’s query processor is not fully completed
+yet. Therefore, the pre-1.9 Flink processor is still the default processor in
+Flink 1.9 and recommended for production settings. You can enable the Blink
+processor by configuring it via the `EnvironmentSettings` when creating a
+`TableEnvironment`. The selected processor must be on the classpath of the
+executing Java process. For cluster setups, both query processors are
+automatically loaded with the default configuration. When running a query from
+your IDE you need to explicitly [add a planner
+dependency](https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-release-1.9/dev/table/#table-program-dependencies)
+to your project.
+
+
+#### **Other Improvements to the Table API and SQL**
+
+Besides the exciting progress around the Blink planner, the community worked
+on a whole set of other improvements to these interfaces, including:
+
+ * **Scala-free Table API and SQL for Java users
+ ([FLIP-32](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP-32%3A+Restructure+flink-table+for+future+contributions))**
+
+ As part of the refactoring and splitting of the flink-table module, two
+ separate API modules for Java and Scala were created. For Scala users,
+ nothing really changes, but Java users can use the Table API and/or SQL now
+ without pulling in a Scala dependency.
+
+ * **Rework of the Table API Type System**
+ **([FLIP-37](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP-37%3A+Rework+of+the+Table+API+Type+System))**
+
+ The community implemented a [new data type
+ system](https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-release-1.9/dev/table/types.html#data-types)
+ to detach the Table API from Flink’s
+ [TypeInformation](https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-release-1.9/dev/types_serialization.html#flinks-typeinformation-class)
+ class and improve its compliance with the SQL standard. This is still a
+ work in progress and expected to be completed in the next release. In
+ Flink 1.9, UDFs are―among other things―not ported to the new type system
+ yet.
+
+ * **Multi-column and Multi-row Transformations for Table API**
+ **([FLIP-29](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=97552739))**
+
+ The functionality of the Table API was extended with a set of
+ transformations that support multi-row and/or multi-column inputs and
+ outputs. These transformations significantly ease the implementation of
+ processing logic that would be cumbersome to implement with relational
+ operators.
+
+ * **New, Unified Catalog APIs**
+ **([FLIP-30](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP-30%3A+Unified+Catalog+APIs))**
+
+ We reworked the catalog APIs to store metadata and unified the handling of
+ internal and external catalogs. This effort was mainly initiated as a
+ prerequisite for the Hive integration (see below), but improves the overall
+ convenience of managing catalog metadata in Flink. Besides improving the
+ catalog interfaces, we also extended their functionality. Previously table
+ definitions for Table API or SQL queries were volatile. With Flink 1.9, the
+ metadata of tables which are registered with a SQL DDL statement can be
+ persisted in a catalog. This means you can add a table that is backed by a
+ Kafka topic to a Metastore catalog and from then on query this table
+ whenever your catalog is connected to Metastore.
+
+ * **DDL Support in the SQL API
+ ([FLINK-10232](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-10232))**
+
+ Up to this point, Flink SQL only supported DML statements (e.g. `SELECT`,
+ `INSERT`). External tables (table sources and sinks) had to be registered
+ via Java/Scala code or configuration files. For 1.9, we added support for
+ SQL DDL statements to register and remove tables and views (`CREATE TABLE,
+ DROP TABLE)`. However, we did not add
+ stream-specific syntax extensions to define timestamp extraction and
+ watermark generation, yet. Full support for streaming use cases is planned
+ for the next release.
+
+
+### Preview of Full Hive Integration (FLINK-10556)
+
+Apache Hive is widely used in Hadoop’s ecosystem to store and query large
+amounts of structured data. Besides being a query processor, Hive features a
+catalog called Metastore to manage and organize large datasets. A common
+integration point for query processors is to integrate with Hive’s Metastore
+in order to be able to tap into the data managed by Hive.
+
+Recently, the community started implementing an external catalog for Flink’s
+Table API and SQL that connects to Hive’s Metastore. In Flink 1.9, users will
+be able to query and process all data that is stored in Hive. As described
+earlier, you will also be able to persist metadata of Flink tables in Metastore.
+Moreover, the Hive integration includes support to use Hive’s UDFs in Flink
+Table API or SQL queries. More details are available in
+[FLINK-10556](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-10556).
+
+While, previously, table definitions for Table API or SQL queries were always
+volatile, the new catalog connector additionally allows persisting a table in
+Metastore that is created with a SQL DDL statement (see above). This means
+that you connect to Metastore and register a table that is, for example,
+backed by a Kafka topic. From now on, you can query that table whenever your
+catalog is connected to Metastore.
+
+Please note that the Hive support in Flink 1.9 is experimental. We are
+planning to stabilize these features for the next release and are looking
+forward to your feedback.
+
+
+### Preview of the new Python Table API (FLIP-38)
+
+This release also introduces a first version of a Python Table API
+([FLIP-38](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP-38%3A+Python+Table+API)).
+This marks the start towards our goal of bringing
+full-fledged Python support to Flink. The feature was designed as a slim
+Python API wrapper around the Table API, basically translating Python Table
+API method calls into Java Table API calls. In the initial version that ships
+with Flink 1.9, the Python Table API does not support UDFs yet, but just
+standard relational operations. Support for UDFs implemented in Python is on
+the roadmap for future releases.
+
+If you’d like to try the new Python API, you have to manually [install
+PyFlink](https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-release-1.9/flinkDev/building.html#build-pyflink).
+From there, you can have a look at [this
+walkthrough](https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-release-1.9/tutorials/python_table_api.html)
+or explore it on your own. The [community is currently
+working](http://apache-flink-mailing-list-archive.1008284.n3.nabble.com/VOTE-Publish-the-PyFlink-into-PyPI-td31201.html)
+on preparing a `pyflink` Python package that will be made available for
+installation via `pip`.
+
+
+## Important Changes
+
+ * The Table API and SQL are now part of the default configuration of the
+ Flink distribution. Before, the Table API and SQL had to be enabled by
+ moving the corresponding JAR file from ./opt to ./lib.
+ * The machine learning library (flink-ml) has been removed in preparation for
+ [FLIP-39](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1StObo1DLp8iiy0rbukx8kwAJb0BwDZrQrMWub3DzsEo/edit).
+ * The old DataSet and DataStream Python APIs have been removed in favor of
+ [FLIP-38](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP-38%3A+Python+Table+API).
+ * Flink can be compiled and run on Java 9. Note that certain components
+ interacting with external systems (connectors, filesystems, reporters) may
+ not work since the respective projects may have skipped Java 9 support.
+
+
+## Release Notes
+
+Please review the [release
+notes](https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-release-1.9/release-notes/flink-1.9.html)
+for a more detailed list of changes and new features if you plan to upgrade
+your Flink setup to Flink 1.9.0.
+
+
+## List of Contributors
+
+We would like to thank all contributors who have made this release possible:
+
+Abdul Qadeer (abqadeer), Aitozi, Alberto Romero, Aleksey Pak, Alexander
+Fedulov, Alice Yan, Aljoscha Krettek, Aloys, Andrew Duffy, Andrey Zagrebin,
+Ankur, Artsem Semianenka, Benchao Li, Biao Liu, Bo WANG, Bowen L, Chesnay
+Schepler, Clark Yang, Congxian Qiu, Cristian, Danny Chan, David Moravek, Dawid
+Wysakowicz, Dian Fu, EronWright, Fabian Hueske, Fabio Lombardelli, Fokko
+Driesprong, Gao Yun, Gary Yao, Gen Luo, Gyula Fora, Hequn Cheng,
+Hongtao Zhang, Huang Xingbo, HuangXingBo, Hugo Da Cruz Louro, Humberto
+Rodríguez A, Hwanju Kim, Igal Shilman, Jamie Grier, Jark Wu, Jason, Jasper
+Yue, Jeff Zhang, Jiangjie (Becket) Qin, Jiezhi.G, Jincheng Sun, Jing Zhang,
+Jingsong Lee, Juan Gentile, Jungtaek Lim, Kailash Dayanand, Kevin
+Bohinski, Konstantin Knauf, Konstantinos Papadopoulos, Kostas Kloudas, Kurt
+Young, Lakshmi, Lakshmi Gururaja Rao, Leeviiii, LouisXu, Maximilian Michels,
+Nico Kruber, Niels Basjes, Paul Lam, PengFei Li, Peter Huang, Pierre Zemb,
+Piotr Nowojski, Piyush Narang, Richard Deurwaarder, Robert Metzger, Robert
+Stoll, Romano Vacca, Rong Rong, Rui Li, Ryantaocer, Scott Mitchell, Seth
+Wiesman, Shannon Carey, Shimin Yang, Stefan Richter, Stephan Ewen, Stephen
+Connolly, Steven Wu, SuXingLee, TANG Wen-hui, Thomas Weise, Till Rohrmann,
+Timo Walther, Tom Goong, TsReaper, Tzu-Li (Gordon) Tai, Ufuk Celebi,
+Victor Wong, WangHengwei, Wei Zhong, WeiZhong94, Xintong Song, Xpray,
+XuQianJin-Stars, Xuefu Zhang, Xupingyong, Yangze Guo, Yu Li, Yun Gao, Yun
+Tang, Zhanchun Zhang, Zhenghua Gao, Zhijiang, Zhu Zhu, Zili
+Chen, aloys, arganzheng, azagrebin, bd2019us, beyond1920, biao.liub,
+blueszheng, boshu Zheng, chenqi, chummyhe89, chunpinghe, dcadmin,
+dianfu, godfrey he, guanghui01.rong, hehuiyuan, hello, hequn8128,
+jackyyin, joongkeun.yang, klion26, lamber-ken, leesf, liguowei,
+lincoln-lil, liyafan82, luoqi, mans2singh, maqingxiang, maxin, mjl, okidogi,
+ozan, potseluev, qiangsi.lq, qiaoran, robbinli, shaoxuan-wang, shengqian.zhou,
+shenlang.sl, shuai-xu, sunhaibotb, tianchen, tianchen92,
+tison, tom_gong, vinoyang, vthinkxie, wanggeng3, wenhuitang, winifredtamg,
+xl38154, xuyang1706, yangfei5, yanghua, yuzhao.cyz,
+zhangxin516, zhangxinxing, zhaofaxian, zhijiang, zjuwangg, 林小铂,
+黄培松, 时无两丶.
+
+
+
+
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