[RELEASE] Apache Cassandra 2.2.8 released

[Michael Shuler <ms...@apache.org>]

***** NOTICE *****
This is the first release signed with key 0xA278B781FE4B2BDA by Michael
Shuler. Debian users will need to add the key to `apt-key` and the
process has been updated on
https://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/DebianPackaging and patch created for
source docs.

Either method will work:

curl https://www.apache.org/dist/cassandra/KEYS | sudo apt-key add -

    or

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-key
0xA278B781FE4B2BDA

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The Cassandra team is pleased to announce the release of Apache
Cassandra version 2.2.8.

Apache Cassandra is a fully distributed database. It is the right choice
when you need scalability and high availability without compromising
performance.

 http://cassandra.apache.org/

Downloads of source and binary distributions are listed in our download
section:

 http://cassandra.apache.org/download/

This version is a bug fix release[1] on the 2.2 series. As always,
please pay attention to the release notes[2] and Let us know[3] if you
were to encounter any problem.

Enjoy!

[1]: (CHANGES.txt) https://goo.gl/pvdo31
[2]: (NEWS.txt) https://goo.gl/PbDAPY
[3]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA