[ANNOUNCE] Apache HBase 0.98.23 is now available for download

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

Apache HBase 0.98.23 is now available for download. Get it from an Apache
mirror [1] or Maven repository. The list of changes in this release can be
found in the release notes [2] or at the bottom of this announcement.

Thanks to all who contributed to this release.

Best,
The HBase Dev Team

1. http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/hbase/
2. https://s.apache.org/u6n7

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HBASE-11354 HConnectionImplementation#DelayedClosing does not start
HBASE-15983 Replication improperly discards data from end-of-wal in some
cases.
HBASE-15984 Given failure to parse a given WAL that was closed cleanly,
replay the WAL.
HBASE-16165 Decrease RpcServer.callQueueSize before writeResponse causes OOM
HBASE-16373 precommit needs a dockerfile with hbase prereqs
HBASE-16562 ITBLL should fail to start if misconfigured
HBASE-16576 Shell add_peer doesn't allow setting cluster_key for custom
endpoints
HBASE-16589 Adjust log level for FATAL messages from
HBaseReplicationEndpoint that are not fatal
HBASE-16649 Truncate table with splits preserved can cause both data loss
and truncated data appeared again
HBASE-16660 ArrayIndexOutOfBounds during the majorCompactionCheck in
DateTieredCompaction
HBASE-16662 Fix open POODLE vulnerabilities
HBASE-16694 Reduce garbage for onDiskChecksum in HFileBlock
HBASE-16705 Eliminate long to Long auto boxing in LongComparator