[ANNOUNCE] Apache HBase 1.1.8 is now available for download

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

The HBase team is happy to announce the immediate availability of HBase
1.1.8! Download it from an Apache mirror near you,
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/hbase/, or wire up through the maven
repo.

HBase 1.1.8 is the eighth patch release in the HBase 1.1 line, continuing
on the theme of bringing a stable, reliable database to the Hadoop and
NoSQL communities. This much anticipated release includes over 30 bug fixes
since the 1.1.7 release. Notable correctness fixes include:

HBASE-16886 hbase-client: scanner with reversed=true and small=true gets no
result
HBASE-16931 Setting cell's seqId to zero in compaction flow might cause RS
down
HBASE-16960 RegionServer hang when aborting
HBASE-17023 Region left unassigned due to AM and SSH each thinking others
would do the assignment work
HBASE-17044 Fix merge failed before creating merged region leaves meta
inconsistent
HBASE-17206 FSHLog may roll a new writer successfully with unflushed entries

The full list of fixes included in this release is available at
https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12310753&version=12338341
and and in the CHANGES.txt file included in the distribution.

Thanks to all the contributors who made this release possible!

Cheers,
The HBase Dev Team