[RELEASE] Apache Cassandra 2.1.16 released

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

The Cassandra team is pleased to announce the release of Apache
Cassandra version 2.1.16.

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 2.1 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/Unwb9s
[2]: (NEWS.txt) https://goo.gl/LuZHa5
[3]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA