[ANNOUNCE] Apache HBase 1.2.8 is now available for download

[Sean Busbey <bu...@apache.org>]

The HBase team is happy to announce the immediate availability of Apache
HBase 1.2.8.

Apache HBase is an open-source, distributed, versioned, non-relational
database. Apache HBase gives you low latency random access to billions of
rows with millions of columns atop non-specialized hardware. To learn more
about HBase, see https://hbase.apache.org/.

HBase 1.2.8 is the eighth maintenance release in the HBase 1.2 line,
continuing on the theme of bringing a stable, reliable database to
the Hadoop and NoSQL communities. This release includes about a half
dozen bug fixes done in the month since 1.2.7.

All users of previous 1.2.z releases are encouraged to upgrade to either
this release or the latest in our stable release line, which is currently
1.4.8. Releases in the 1.2.z line are expected to stop in late spring 2019.

Critical fixes include:

* HBASE-21158 Empty qualifier cell should not be returned if it does not
              match QualifierFilter
* HBASE-21228 Memory leak since AbstractFSWAL caches Thread object and
              never clean later

This release candidate contains the following incompatible changes,
details in the release notes for the specific issue:

* HBASE-21158 Empty qualifier cell should not be returned if it does not
              match QualifierFilter

The full list of fixes included in this release is available at:
https://s.apache.org/hbase-1.2.8-jira-release-notes
and in the CHANGES.txt file included in the distribution.

Download through an ASF mirror near you:

    https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/hbase/hbase-1.2.8

The relevant checksums files are available at:

    https://www.apache.org/dist/hbase/hbase-1.2.8/hbase-1.2.8-src.tar.gz.sha512
    https://www.apache.org/dist/hbase/hbase-1.2.8/hbase-1.2.8-bin.tar.gz.sha512

Project member signature keys can be found at

    https://www.apache.org/dist/hbase/KEYS

PGP signatures are available at:

    https://www.apache.org/dist/hbase/hbase-1.2.8/hbase-1.2.8-src.tar.gz.asc
    https://www.apache.org/dist/hbase/hbase-1.2.8/hbase-1.2.8-bin.tar.gz.asc

For instructions on verifying ASF release downloads, please see

    https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi#verify

Question, comments, and problems are always welcome at:
dev@hbase.apache.org.

Cheers,
The HBase Dev Team