[CANCEL][VOTE] Second release candidate for HBase 1.1.0 (RC1) is available.

[Nick Dimiduk <nd...@apache.org>]

RC2 on the way.

On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 11:04 PM, Nick Dimiduk <nd...@apache.org> wrote:

> I'm happy to announce the second release candidate of HBase 1.1.0
> (HBase-1.1.0RC1) is available for download at
> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-1.1.0RC1/
>
> Maven artifacts are also available in the staging repository
> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehbase-1077
>
> Artifacts are signed with my code signing subkey 0xAD9039071C3489BD,
> available in the Apache keys directory
> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/ndimiduk.asc.
>
> There's also a signed tag for this release at
> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=hbase.git;a=tag;h=9d54a2e8806dc2a283859382e2a2069a8e49ee81
>
> HBase 1.1.0 is the first minor release in the HBase 1.x line, continuing
> on the theme of bringing a stable, reliable database to the Hadoop and
> NoSQL communities. This release includes nearly 200 resolved issues above
> the 1.0.x series to date. Notable features include:
>
>  - Async RPC client (HBASE-12684)
>  - Simple RPC throttling (HBASE-11598)
>  - Improved compaction controls (HBASE-8329, HBASE-12859)
>  - Scan improvements (HBASE-11544, HBASE-13090)
>  - New extension interfaces for coprocessor users, better supporting
> projects like Phoenix (HBASE-12972, HBASE-12975)
>  - Per-column family flush (HBASE-10201)
>  - WAL on SSD (HBASE-12848)
>  - BlockCache in Memcached (HBASE-13170)
>  - Tons of region replica enhancements around META, WAL, and bulk loading
> (HBASE-11574, HBASE-11568, HBASE-11571, HBASE-11567)
>
> The full list of issues can be found at
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12310753&version=12329043
>
> This release candidate is not materially different from the previous,
> including only three changes over the previous RC: HBASE-13661,
> HBASE-13637, HBASE-13665. Because of the small difference between this RC
> and the previous, and the extended period for which the previous RC was
> available, this vote window will be open for a modest period of 48 hours.
>
> Please try out this candidate and vote +/-1 by 23:00 Pacific time on
> 2015-05-13 as to whether we should release these bits as HBase 1.1.0.
>
> Thanks,
> Nick
>