[ANNOUNCE] Apache Calcite Avatica 1.7.1 released

[Josh Elser <el...@apache.org>]

The Apache Calcite team is pleased to announce the release of Apache
Calcite Avatica 1.7.1.

This is the first release of Avatica as a "standalone" project from the 
rest of the Calcite project. This release is an exciting milestone for 
Avatica as it increases the frequency and reduces the complexity for 
future releases. This release includes ~30 resolved JIRA issues from 3 
contributors.

See our downloads page for information on how to start using this 
version of Avatica.

   http://calcite.apache.org/avatica/downloads/

If you'd like to download the source release, you can find it here:

 
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/calcite/apache-calcite-avatica-1.7.1/

You can read more about the release (including release notes) here:

   http://calcite.apache.org/avatica/news/2016/03/18/release-1.7.1/

This release also contains a change to increase the version of the Jetty 
dependency to a version which is not affected by CVE-2015-2080. Users 
are strongly suggested to update to this version of Avatica, or manually 
override the Jetty dependency to a version which is not affected. Apache 
Calcite Avatica 1.7.0, and all versions since 1.1.0-incubating, should 
not be used for this reason.

We welcome your help and feedback. For more information on how to
report problems, and to get involved, visit the project website at:

    http://calcite.apache.org/
    http://calcite.apache.org/avatica/

Thanks to everyone involved!

Josh Elser, on behalf of the Apache Calcite Team