[RELEASE] Apache Cassandra 3.0.0-beta1 released

[Jake Luciani <ja...@apache.org>]

The Cassandra team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Cassandra
version 3.0.0-beta1.

You’ll need python-driver 3.0.0a2 (available on pypi) or java-driver
3.0.0-alpha2 (uploaded to Maven Central) to try out 3.0.0-beta1.

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 *BETA* release[1] on the 3.0 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]: http://goo.gl/2TNRm5 (CHANGES.txt)
[2]: http://goo.gl/9xluWy (NEWS.txt)
[3]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA