[ANNOUNCE] Apache HBase 1.6.0 is now available for download

[Andrew Purtell <ap...@apache.org>]

The HBase team is happy to announce the immediate availability of Apache
HBase 1.6.0!

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/.

Download from http://hbase.apache.org/downloads

HBase 1.6.0 is the latest minor release of HBase version 1, continuing on
the theme of bringing a stable, reliable database to the Apache Big Data
ecosystem and beyond.

For instructions on verifying ASF release downloads, please see

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

Project member signature keys can be found at

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

Thanks to all the contributors who made this release possible!

A list of the 73 issues resolved in this release can be found at
https://s.apache.org/b7eml .

Thanks to all the contributors who made this release possible!

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

Best,
The HBase Dev Team