Cassandra 2.0 is coming along but we now need wider testing. So I propose the following artifacts for release as 2.0.0-beta1. Let it be clear that it is only a beta (and the first one at that), so we know it's not perfect, but the current goal is first and foremost to get better testing.
sha1: fcdb39384e8570cf38c027f38b799181da06d56d Git: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/tags/2.0.0-beta1-tentative Artifacts: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecassandra-117/org/apache/cassandra/apache-cassandra/2.0.0-beta1/ Staging repository: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecassandra-117/ The artifacts as well as the debian package are also available here: http://people.apache.org/~slebresne/ The vote will be open for 72 hours (longer if needed). [1]: http://goo.gl/LorY5 (CHANGES.txt) [2]: http://goo.gl/zEt5i (NEWS.txt)