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+++ b/2016/09/20/apache-kudu-1-0-0-released.html
@@ -132,15 +132,15 @@ history of all changes made to a given table since the 
beginning of time.</p>
   </li>
   <li>
     <p>Most of Kudu’s command line tools have been consolidated under a new
-top-level <code class="highlighter-rouge">kudu</code> tool. This reduces the 
number of large binaries distributed
+top-level <code>kudu</code> tool. This reduces the number of large binaries 
distributed
 with Kudu and also includes much-improved help output.</p>
   </li>
   <li>
-    <p>Administrative tools including <code class="highlighter-rouge">kudu 
cluster ksck</code> now support running
+    <p>Administrative tools including <code>kudu cluster ksck</code> now 
support running
 against multi-master Kudu clusters.</p>
   </li>
   <li>
-    <p>The C++ client API now supports writing data in <code 
class="highlighter-rouge">AUTO_FLUSH_BACKGROUND</code> mode.
+    <p>The C++ client API now supports writing data in 
<code>AUTO_FLUSH_BACKGROUND</code> mode.
 This can provide higher throughput for ingest workloads.</p>
   </li>
 </ul>
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ repository.</li>
     <h3>Recent posts</h3>
     <ul>
     
+      <li> <a href="/2018/10/26/apache-kudu-1-8-0-released.html">Apache Kudu 
1.8.0 Released</a> </li>
+    
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/26/index-skip-scan-optimization-in-kudu.html">Index Skip Scan 
Optimization in Kudu</a> </li>
     
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/11/simplified-pipelines-with-kudu.html">Simplified Data 
Pipelines with Kudu</a> </li>
@@ -192,8 +194,6 @@ repository.</li>
     
       <li> <a href="/2016/11/15/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 15th, 2016</a> </li>
     
-      <li> <a href="/2016/11/01/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 1st, 2016</a> </li>
-    
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@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ Be sure to RSVP as spots are filling up fast.</p>
     <h3>Recent posts</h3>
     <ul>
     
+      <li> <a href="/2018/10/26/apache-kudu-1-8-0-released.html">Apache Kudu 
1.8.0 Released</a> </li>
+    
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/26/index-skip-scan-optimization-in-kudu.html">Index Skip Scan 
Optimization in Kudu</a> </li>
     
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/11/simplified-pipelines-with-kudu.html">Simplified Data 
Pipelines with Kudu</a> </li>
@@ -211,8 +213,6 @@ Be sure to RSVP as spots are filling up fast.</p>
     
       <li> <a href="/2016/11/15/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 15th, 2016</a> </li>
     
-      <li> <a href="/2016/11/01/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 1st, 2016</a> </li>
-    
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@@ -189,14 +189,14 @@ look and leave your comments! Similarly, if you are 
interested in contributing
 in any of these areas, please feel free to volunteer on the mailing list.
 Help of all kinds (coding, documentation, testing, etc) is welcomed.</p>
   </li>
-  <li>Adar Dembo spent a chunk of time re-working the <code 
class="highlighter-rouge">thirdparty</code> directory
+  <li>Adar Dembo spent a chunk of time re-working the <code>thirdparty</code> 
directory
 that contains most of Kudu’s native dependencies. The major resulting
 changes are:
     <ul>
       <li>Build directories are now cleanly isolated from source directories,
 improving cleanliness of re-builds.</li>
-      <li>ThreadSanitizer (TSAN) builds now use <code 
class="highlighter-rouge">libc++</code> instead of <code 
class="highlighter-rouge">libstdcxx</code>
-for C++ library support. The <code class="highlighter-rouge">libc++</code> 
library has better support for
+      <li>ThreadSanitizer (TSAN) builds now use <code>libc++</code> instead of 
<code>libstdcxx</code>
+for C++ library support. The <code>libc++</code> library has better support for
 sanitizers, is easier to build in isolation, and solves some compatibility
 issues that Adar was facing with GCC 5 on Ubuntu Xenial.</li>
       <li>All of the thirdparty dependencies now build with TSAN 
instrumentation,
@@ -236,14 +236,14 @@ to increase.</p>
   <li>
     <p>Dan Burkert picked up work originally started by Sameer Abhyankar on
 <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KUDU-1363";>KUDU-1363</a>, which 
adds
-support for adding <code class="highlighter-rouge">IN (...)</code> predicates 
to scanners. Dan committed the
+support for adding <code>IN (...)</code> predicates to scanners. Dan committed 
the
 <a href="http://gerrit.cloudera.org:8080/2986";>main patch</a> as well as 
corresponding
 <a href="http://gerrit.cloudera.org:8080/4530";>support in the Java client</a>.
 Jordan Birdsell quickly added corresponding support in <a 
href="http://gerrit.cloudera.org:8080/4548";>Python</a>.
 This new feature will be available in an upcoming release.</p>
   </li>
   <li>
-    <p>Work continues on the <code class="highlighter-rouge">kudu</code> 
command line tool. Dinesh Bhat added
+    <p>Work continues on the <code>kudu</code> command line tool. Dinesh Bhat 
added
 the ability to ask a tablet’s leader to <a 
href="http://gerrit.cloudera.org:8080/4533";>step down</a>
 and Alexey Serbin added a <a href="http://gerrit.cloudera.org:8080/4412";>tool 
to insert random data into a
 table</a>.</p>
@@ -287,6 +287,8 @@ a future post.</p>
     <h3>Recent posts</h3>
     <ul>
     
+      <li> <a href="/2018/10/26/apache-kudu-1-8-0-released.html">Apache Kudu 
1.8.0 Released</a> </li>
+    
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/26/index-skip-scan-optimization-in-kudu.html">Index Skip Scan 
Optimization in Kudu</a> </li>
     
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/11/simplified-pipelines-with-kudu.html">Simplified Data 
Pipelines with Kudu</a> </li>
@@ -315,8 +317,6 @@ a future post.</p>
     
       <li> <a href="/2016/11/15/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 15th, 2016</a> </li>
     
-      <li> <a href="/2016/11/01/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 1st, 2016</a> </li>
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@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ a future post.</p>
     <h3>Recent posts</h3>
     <ul>
     
+      <li> <a href="/2018/10/26/apache-kudu-1-8-0-released.html">Apache Kudu 
1.8.0 Released</a> </li>
+    
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/26/index-skip-scan-optimization-in-kudu.html">Index Skip Scan 
Optimization in Kudu</a> </li>
     
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/11/simplified-pipelines-with-kudu.html">Simplified Data 
Pipelines with Kudu</a> </li>
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       <li> <a href="/2016/11/15/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 15th, 2016</a> </li>
     
-      <li> <a href="/2016/11/01/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
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@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ a future post.</p>
     <h3>Recent posts</h3>
     <ul>
     
+      <li> <a href="/2018/10/26/apache-kudu-1-8-0-released.html">Apache Kudu 
1.8.0 Released</a> </li>
+    
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/26/index-skip-scan-optimization-in-kudu.html">Index Skip Scan 
Optimization in Kudu</a> </li>
     
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/11/simplified-pipelines-with-kudu.html">Simplified Data 
Pipelines with Kudu</a> </li>
@@ -242,8 +244,6 @@ a future post.</p>
     
       <li> <a href="/2016/11/15/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 15th, 2016</a> </li>
     
-      <li> <a href="/2016/11/01/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 1st, 2016</a> </li>
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@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ a future post.</p>
     <h3>Recent posts</h3>
     <ul>
     
+      <li> <a href="/2018/10/26/apache-kudu-1-8-0-released.html">Apache Kudu 
1.8.0 Released</a> </li>
+    
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/26/index-skip-scan-optimization-in-kudu.html">Index Skip Scan 
Optimization in Kudu</a> </li>
     
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/11/simplified-pipelines-with-kudu.html">Simplified Data 
Pipelines with Kudu</a> </li>
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       <li> <a href="/2016/11/15/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 15th, 2016</a> </li>
     
-      <li> <a href="/2016/11/01/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 1st, 2016</a> </li>
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@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ repository.</li>
     <h3>Recent posts</h3>
     <ul>
     
+      <li> <a href="/2018/10/26/apache-kudu-1-8-0-released.html">Apache Kudu 
1.8.0 Released</a> </li>
+    
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/26/index-skip-scan-optimization-in-kudu.html">Index Skip Scan 
Optimization in Kudu</a> </li>
     
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/11/simplified-pipelines-with-kudu.html">Simplified Data 
Pipelines with Kudu</a> </li>
@@ -188,8 +190,6 @@ repository.</li>
     
       <li> <a href="/2016/11/15/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 15th, 2016</a> </li>
     
-      <li> <a href="/2016/11/01/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 1st, 2016</a> </li>
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@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ repository.</li>
     <h3>Recent posts</h3>
     <ul>
     
+      <li> <a href="/2018/10/26/apache-kudu-1-8-0-released.html">Apache Kudu 
1.8.0 Released</a> </li>
+    
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/26/index-skip-scan-optimization-in-kudu.html">Index Skip Scan 
Optimization in Kudu</a> </li>
     
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/11/simplified-pipelines-with-kudu.html">Simplified Data 
Pipelines with Kudu</a> </li>
@@ -187,8 +189,6 @@ repository.</li>
     
       <li> <a href="/2016/11/15/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 15th, 2016</a> </li>
     
-      <li> <a href="/2016/11/01/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 1st, 2016</a> </li>
-    
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@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ repository.</li>
     <h3>Recent posts</h3>
     <ul>
     
+      <li> <a href="/2018/10/26/apache-kudu-1-8-0-released.html">Apache Kudu 
1.8.0 Released</a> </li>
+    
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/26/index-skip-scan-optimization-in-kudu.html">Index Skip Scan 
Optimization in Kudu</a> </li>
     
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/11/simplified-pipelines-with-kudu.html">Simplified Data 
Pipelines with Kudu</a> </li>
@@ -171,8 +173,6 @@ repository.</li>
     
       <li> <a href="/2016/11/15/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 15th, 2016</a> </li>
     
-      <li> <a href="/2016/11/01/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 1st, 2016</a> </li>
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@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ improvements, optimizations, and bug fixes.</p>
   <li>a new C++ client API to efficiently map primary keys to their associated 
partitions
 and hosts</li>
   <li>support for long-running fault-tolerant scans in the Java client</li>
-  <li>a new <code class="highlighter-rouge">kudu fs check</code> command which 
can perform offline consistency checks
+  <li>a new <code>kudu fs check</code> command which can perform offline 
consistency checks
 and repairs on the local on-disk storage of a Tablet Server or Master.</li>
   <li>many optimizations to reduce disk space usage, improve write throughput,
 and improve throughput of background maintenance operations.</li>
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ repository.</li>
     <h3>Recent posts</h3>
     <ul>
     
+      <li> <a href="/2018/10/26/apache-kudu-1-8-0-released.html">Apache Kudu 
1.8.0 Released</a> </li>
+    
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/26/index-skip-scan-optimization-in-kudu.html">Index Skip Scan 
Optimization in Kudu</a> </li>
     
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/11/simplified-pipelines-with-kudu.html">Simplified Data 
Pipelines with Kudu</a> </li>
@@ -187,8 +189,6 @@ repository.</li>
     
       <li> <a href="/2016/11/15/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 15th, 2016</a> </li>
     
-      <li> <a href="/2016/11/01/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 1st, 2016</a> </li>
-    
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+++ b/2017/09/08/apache-kudu-1-5-0-released.html
@@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ scenarios</li>
 additional reductions planned for the future</li>
   <li>a new configuration dashboard on the web UI which provides a high-level
 summary of important configuration values</li>
-  <li>a new <code class="highlighter-rouge">kudu tablet move</code> command 
which moves a tablet replica from one tablet
+  <li>a new <code>kudu tablet move</code> command which moves a tablet replica 
from one tablet
 server to another</li>
-  <li>a new <code class="highlighter-rouge">kudu local_replica 
data_size</code> command which summarizes the space usage
+  <li>a new <code>kudu local_replica data_size</code> command which summarizes 
the space usage
 of a local tablet</li>
   <li>all on-disk data is now checksummed by default, which provides error 
detection
 for improved confidence when running Kudu on unreliable hardware</li>
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ repository.</li>
     <h3>Recent posts</h3>
     <ul>
     
+      <li> <a href="/2018/10/26/apache-kudu-1-8-0-released.html">Apache Kudu 
1.8.0 Released</a> </li>
+    
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/26/index-skip-scan-optimization-in-kudu.html">Index Skip Scan 
Optimization in Kudu</a> </li>
     
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/11/simplified-pipelines-with-kudu.html">Simplified Data 
Pipelines with Kudu</a> </li>
@@ -193,8 +195,6 @@ repository.</li>
     
       <li> <a href="/2016/11/15/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 15th, 2016</a> </li>
     
-      <li> <a href="/2016/11/01/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 1st, 2016</a> </li>
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@@ -237,29 +237,29 @@ have increasing timestamps, depending on the user’s 
choices.</p>
 <p>Row mutations performed by a single client <em>instance</em> are guaranteed 
to have increasing timestamps
 thus reflecting their potential causal relationship. This property is always 
enforced. However
 there are two major <em>“knobs”</em> that are available to the user to 
make performance trade-offs, the
-<code class="highlighter-rouge">Read</code> mode, and the <code 
class="highlighter-rouge">External Consistency</code> mode (see <a 
href="https://kudu.apache.org/docs/transaction_semantics.html";>here</a>
+<code>Read</code> mode, and the <code>External Consistency</code> mode (see <a 
href="https://kudu.apache.org/docs/transaction_semantics.html";>here</a>
 for more information on how to use the relevant APIs).</p>
 
-<p>The first and most important knob, the <code 
class="highlighter-rouge">Read</code> mode, pertains to what is the guaranteed 
recency of
+<p>The first and most important knob, the <code>Read</code> mode, pertains to 
what is the guaranteed recency of
 data resulting from scans. Since Kudu uses replication for availability and 
fault-tolerance, there
 are always multiple replicas of any data item.
 Not all replicas must be up-to-date so if the user cares about recency, e.g. 
if the user requires
 that any data read includes all previously written data <em>from a single 
client instance</em> then it must
-choose the <code class="highlighter-rouge">READ_AT_SNAPSHOT</code> read mode. 
With this mode enabled the client is guaranteed to observe
+choose the <code>READ_AT_SNAPSHOT</code> read mode. With this mode enabled the 
client is guaranteed to observe
  <strong>“READ YOUR OWN WRITES”</strong> semantics, i.e. scans from a 
client will always include all previous mutations
 performed by that client. Note that this property is local to a single client 
instance, not a global
 property.</p>
 
-<p>The second “knob”, the <code class="highlighter-rouge">External 
Consistency</code> mode, defines the semantics of how reads and writes
-are performed across multiple client instances. By default, <code 
class="highlighter-rouge">External Consistency</code> is set to
- <code class="highlighter-rouge">CLIENT_PROPAGATED</code>, meaning it’s up 
to the user to coordinate a set of <em>timestamp tokens</em> with clients (even
+<p>The second “knob”, the <code>External Consistency</code> mode, defines 
the semantics of how reads and writes
+are performed across multiple client instances. By default, <code>External 
Consistency</code> is set to
+ <code>CLIENT_PROPAGATED</code>, meaning it’s up to the user to coordinate a 
set of <em>timestamp tokens</em> with clients (even
 across different machines) if they are performing writes/reads that are 
somehow causally linked.
 If done correctly this enables <strong>STRICT SERIALIZABILITY</strong>[5], 
i.e. <strong>LINEARIZABILITY</strong>[6] and
 <strong>SERIALIZABILITY</strong>[7] at the same time, at the cost of having 
the user coordinate the timestamp
 tokens across clients (a survey of the meaning of these, and other definitions 
can be found
 <a 
href="http://www.ics.forth.gr/tech-reports/2013/2013.TR439_Survey_on_Consistency_Conditions.pdf";>here</a>).
-The alternative setting for <code class="highlighter-rouge">External 
Consistency</code> is to have it set to
-<code class="highlighter-rouge">COMMIT_WAIT</code> (experimental), which 
guarantees the same properties through a different means, by
+The alternative setting for <code>External Consistency</code> is to have it 
set to
+<code>COMMIT_WAIT</code> (experimental), which guarantees the same properties 
through a different means, by
 implementing Google Spanner’s <em>TrueTime</em>. This comes at the cost of 
higher latency (depending on how
 tightly synchronized the system clocks of the various tablet servers are), but 
doesn’t require users
 to propagate timestamps programmatically.</p>
@@ -302,6 +302,8 @@ to enable the consistency semantics introduced in the 
previous section, includin
     <h3>Recent posts</h3>
     <ul>
     
+      <li> <a href="/2018/10/26/apache-kudu-1-8-0-released.html">Apache Kudu 
1.8.0 Released</a> </li>
+    
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/26/index-skip-scan-optimization-in-kudu.html">Index Skip Scan 
Optimization in Kudu</a> </li>
     
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/11/simplified-pipelines-with-kudu.html">Simplified Data 
Pipelines with Kudu</a> </li>
@@ -330,8 +332,6 @@ to enable the consistency semantics introduced in the 
previous section, includin
     
       <li> <a href="/2016/11/15/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 15th, 2016</a> </li>
     
-      <li> <a href="/2016/11/01/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 1st, 2016</a> </li>
-    
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+++ b/2017/10/23/nosql-kudu-spanner-slides.html
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ below:</p>
     <h3>Recent posts</h3>
     <ul>
     
+      <li> <a href="/2018/10/26/apache-kudu-1-8-0-released.html">Apache Kudu 
1.8.0 Released</a> </li>
+    
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/26/index-skip-scan-optimization-in-kudu.html">Index Skip Scan 
Optimization in Kudu</a> </li>
     
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/11/simplified-pipelines-with-kudu.html">Simplified Data 
Pipelines with Kudu</a> </li>
@@ -211,8 +213,6 @@ below:</p>
     
       <li> <a href="/2016/11/15/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 15th, 2016</a> </li>
     
-      <li> <a href="/2016/11/01/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 1st, 2016</a> </li>
-    
     </ul>
   </div>
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+++ b/2017/12/08/apache-kudu-1-6-0-released.html
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ Maven repository and are
     <h3>Recent posts</h3>
     <ul>
     
+      <li> <a href="/2018/10/26/apache-kudu-1-8-0-released.html">Apache Kudu 
1.8.0 Released</a> </li>
+    
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/26/index-skip-scan-optimization-in-kudu.html">Index Skip Scan 
Optimization in Kudu</a> </li>
     
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/11/simplified-pipelines-with-kudu.html">Simplified Data 
Pipelines with Kudu</a> </li>
@@ -212,8 +214,6 @@ Maven repository and are
     
       <li> <a href="/2016/11/15/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 15th, 2016</a> </li>
     
-      <li> <a href="/2016/11/01/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 1st, 2016</a> </li>
-    
     </ul>
   </div>
 </div>

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+++ b/2018/03/23/apache-kudu-1-7-0-released.html
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ Maven repository and are
     <h3>Recent posts</h3>
     <ul>
     
+      <li> <a href="/2018/10/26/apache-kudu-1-8-0-released.html">Apache Kudu 
1.8.0 Released</a> </li>
+    
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/26/index-skip-scan-optimization-in-kudu.html">Index Skip Scan 
Optimization in Kudu</a> </li>
     
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/11/simplified-pipelines-with-kudu.html">Simplified Data 
Pipelines with Kudu</a> </li>
@@ -224,8 +226,6 @@ Maven repository and are
     
       <li> <a href="/2016/11/15/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 15th, 2016</a> </li>
     
-      <li> <a href="/2016/11/01/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 1st, 2016</a> </li>
-    
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b/2018/07/10/instrumentation-in-kudu.html
index f019b04..4c73d78 100644
--- a/2018/07/10/instrumentation-in-kudu.html
+++ b/2018/07/10/instrumentation-in-kudu.html
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ below. My talk spans the first 34 minutes.</p>
     <h3>Recent posts</h3>
     <ul>
     
+      <li> <a href="/2018/10/26/apache-kudu-1-8-0-released.html">Apache Kudu 
1.8.0 Released</a> </li>
+    
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/26/index-skip-scan-optimization-in-kudu.html">Index Skip Scan 
Optimization in Kudu</a> </li>
     
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/11/simplified-pipelines-with-kudu.html">Simplified Data 
Pipelines with Kudu</a> </li>
@@ -184,8 +186,6 @@ below. My talk spans the first 34 minutes.</p>
     
       <li> <a href="/2016/11/15/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 15th, 2016</a> </li>
     
-      <li> <a href="/2016/11/01/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 1st, 2016</a> </li>
-    
     </ul>
   </div>
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--- a/2018/08/06/getting-started-with-kudu-an-oreilly-title.html
+++ b/2018/08/06/getting-started-with-kudu-an-oreilly-title.html
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ challenge at that time.
 In that context, on October 11th 2012 Todd Lipcon perform Apache Kudu’s 
initial
 commit. The commit message was:</p>
 
-<div class="highlighter-rouge">Code for writing cfiles seems to basically work
+<pre><code>Code for writing cfiles seems to basically work
 Need to write code for reading cfiles, still
-</div>
+</code></pre>
 
 <p>And Kudu development was off and running. Around this same time Todd, on his
 internal Wiki page, started listing out the papers he was reading to develop
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ of Kudu. Specifically you will learn:</p>
 
 <p>Looking forward, I am excited to see Kudu gain additional features and 
adoption
 and eventually the second revision of this title. In the meantime, if you have
-feedback or questions, please reach out on the <code 
class="highlighter-rouge">#getting-started-kudu</code> channel of
+feedback or questions, please reach out on the 
<code>#getting-started-kudu</code> channel of
 the <a href="https://getkudu-slack.herokuapp.com/";>Kudu Slack</a> or if you 
prefer non-real-time
 communication, please use the user@ mailing list!</p>
 
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ communication, please use the user@ mailing list!</p>
     <h3>Recent posts</h3>
     <ul>
     
+      <li> <a href="/2018/10/26/apache-kudu-1-8-0-released.html">Apache Kudu 
1.8.0 Released</a> </li>
+    
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/26/index-skip-scan-optimization-in-kudu.html">Index Skip Scan 
Optimization in Kudu</a> </li>
     
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/11/simplified-pipelines-with-kudu.html">Simplified Data 
Pipelines with Kudu</a> </li>
@@ -211,8 +213,6 @@ communication, please use the user@ mailing list!</p>
     
       <li> <a href="/2016/11/15/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 15th, 2016</a> </li>
     
-      <li> <a href="/2016/11/01/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 1st, 2016</a> </li>
-    
     </ul>
   </div>
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--- a/2018/09/11/simplified-pipelines-with-kudu.html
+++ b/2018/09/11/simplified-pipelines-with-kudu.html
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ the backend.</p>
     <h3>Recent posts</h3>
     <ul>
     
+      <li> <a href="/2018/10/26/apache-kudu-1-8-0-released.html">Apache Kudu 
1.8.0 Released</a> </li>
+    
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/26/index-skip-scan-optimization-in-kudu.html">Index Skip Scan 
Optimization in Kudu</a> </li>
     
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/11/simplified-pipelines-with-kudu.html">Simplified Data 
Pipelines with Kudu</a> </li>
@@ -194,8 +196,6 @@ the backend.</p>
     
       <li> <a href="/2016/11/15/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 15th, 2016</a> </li>
     
-      <li> <a href="/2016/11/01/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 1st, 2016</a> </li>
-    
     </ul>
   </div>
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@@ -137,16 +137,16 @@ Consider the following table:</p>
 <span class="p">);</span></code></pre></div>
 
 <p><img src="/img/index-skip-scan/example-table.png" alt="png" 
class="img-responsive" />
-<em>Sample rows of table <code class="highlighter-rouge">metrics</code> 
(sorted by key columns).</em></p>
+<em>Sample rows of table <code>metrics</code> (sorted by key columns).</em></p>
 
 <p>In this case, by default, Kudu internally builds a primary key index 
(implemented as a
-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-tree";>B-tree</a>) for the table <code 
class="highlighter-rouge">metrics</code>.
+<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-tree";>B-tree</a>) for the table 
<code>metrics</code>.
 As shown in the table above, the index data is sorted by the composite of all 
key columns.
-When the user query contains the first key column (<code 
class="highlighter-rouge">host</code>), Kudu uses the index (as the index data 
is
+When the user query contains the first key column (<code>host</code>), Kudu 
uses the index (as the index data is
 primarily sorted on the first key column).</p>
 
-<p>Now, what if the user query does not contain the first key column and 
instead only contains the <code class="highlighter-rouge">tstamp</code> column?
-In the above case, the <code class="highlighter-rouge">tstamp</code> column 
values are sorted with respect to <code class="highlighter-rouge">host</code>,
+<p>Now, what if the user query does not contain the first key column and 
instead only contains the <code>tstamp</code> column?
+In the above case, the <code>tstamp</code> column values are sorted with 
respect to <code>host</code>,
 but are not globally sorted, and as such, it’s non-trivial to use the index 
to filter rows.
 Instead, a full tablet scan is done by default. Other databases may optimize 
such scans by building secondary indexes
 (though it might be redundant to build one on one of the primary keys). 
However, this isn’t an option for Kudu,
@@ -154,11 +154,11 @@ given its lack of secondary index support.</p>
 
 <p>The question is, can Kudu do better than a full tablet scan here?</p>
 
-<p>The answer is yes! Let’s observe the column preceding the <code 
class="highlighter-rouge">tstamp</code> column. We will refer to it as the
-“prefix column” and its specific value as the “prefix key”. In this 
example, <code class="highlighter-rouge">host</code> is the prefix column.
+<p>The answer is yes! Let’s observe the column preceding the 
<code>tstamp</code> column. We will refer to it as the
+“prefix column” and its specific value as the “prefix key”. In this 
example, <code>host</code> is the prefix column.
 Note that the prefix keys are sorted in the index and that all rows of a given 
prefix key are also sorted by the
 remaining key columns. Therefore, we can use the index to skip to the rows 
that have distinct prefix keys,
-and also satisfy the predicate on the <code 
class="highlighter-rouge">tstamp</code> column.
+and also satisfy the predicate on the <code>tstamp</code> column.
 For example, consider the query:</p>
 
 <div class="highlight"><pre><code class="language-sql" data-lang="sql"><span 
class="k">SELECT</span> <span class="n">clusterid</span> <span 
class="k">FROM</span> <span class="n">metrics</span> <span 
class="k">WHERE</span> <span class="n">tstamp</span> <span class="o">=</span> 
<span class="mi">100</span><span class="p">;</span></code></pre></div>
@@ -166,10 +166,10 @@ For example, consider the query:</p>
 <p><img src="/img/index-skip-scan/skip-scan-example-table.png" alt="png" 
class="img-responsive" />
 <em>Skip scan flow illustration. The rows in green are scanned and the rest 
are skipped.</em></p>
 
-<p>The tablet server can use the index to <strong>skip</strong> to the first 
row with a distinct prefix key (<code class="highlighter-rouge">host = 
helium</code>) that
-matches the predicate (<code class="highlighter-rouge">tstamp = 100</code>) 
and then <strong>scan</strong> through the rows until the predicate no longer 
matches. At that
-point we would know that no more rows with <code 
class="highlighter-rouge">host = helium</code> will satisfy the predicate, and 
we can skip to the next
-prefix key. This holds true for all distinct keys of <code 
class="highlighter-rouge">host</code>. Hence, this method is popularly known as
+<p>The tablet server can use the index to <strong>skip</strong> to the first 
row with a distinct prefix key (<code>host = helium</code>) that
+matches the predicate (<code>tstamp = 100</code>) and then 
<strong>scan</strong> through the rows until the predicate no longer matches. 
At that
+point we would know that no more rows with <code>host = helium</code> will 
satisfy the predicate, and we can skip to the next
+prefix key. This holds true for all distinct keys of <code>host</code>. Hence, 
this method is popularly known as
 <strong>skip scan optimization</strong>[2, 3].</p>
 
 <h1 id="performance">Performance</h1>
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ to dynamically disable skip scan.</p>
 data in Kudu tablets. This is a work-in-progress <a 
href="https://gerrit.cloudera.org/#/c/10983/";>patch</a>.
 The implementation in the patch works only for equality predicates on the 
non-first primary key
 columns. An important point to note is that although, in the above specific 
example, the number of prefix
-columns is one (<code class="highlighter-rouge">host</code>), this approach is 
generalized to work with any number of prefix columns.</p>
+columns is one (<code>host</code>), this approach is generalized to work with 
any number of prefix columns.</p>
 
 <p>This work also lays the groundwork to leverage the skip scan approach and 
optimize query processing time in the
 following use cases:</p>
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ Geo-replicated, near real-time, scalable data 
warehousing.” Proceedings of the
     <h3>Recent posts</h3>
     <ul>
     
+      <li> <a href="/2018/10/26/apache-kudu-1-8-0-released.html">Apache Kudu 
1.8.0 Released</a> </li>
+    
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/26/index-skip-scan-optimization-in-kudu.html">Index Skip Scan 
Optimization in Kudu</a> </li>
     
       <li> <a 
href="/2018/09/11/simplified-pipelines-with-kudu.html">Simplified Data 
Pipelines with Kudu</a> </li>
@@ -258,8 +260,6 @@ Geo-replicated, near real-time, scalable data 
warehousing.” Proceedings of the
     
       <li> <a href="/2016/11/15/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 15th, 2016</a> </li>
     
-      <li> <a href="/2016/11/01/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 1st, 2016</a> </li>
-    
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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8" />
+    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+    <!-- The above 3 meta tags *must* come first in the head; any other head 
content must come *after* these tags -->
+    <meta name="description" content="A new open source Apache Hadoop 
ecosystem project, Apache Kudu completes Hadoop's storage layer to enable fast 
analytics on fast data" />
+    <meta name="author" content="Cloudera" />
+    <title>Apache Kudu - Apache Kudu 1.8.0 Released</title>
+    <!-- Bootstrap core CSS -->
+    <link rel="stylesheet" 
href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css";
+          
integrity="sha384-1q8mTJOASx8j1Au+a5WDVnPi2lkFfwwEAa8hDDdjZlpLegxhjVME1fgjWPGmkzs7"
+          crossorigin="anonymous">
+
+    <!-- Custom styles for this template -->
+    <link href="/css/kudu.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
+    <link href="/css/asciidoc.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
+    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/img/logo-favicon.ico" />
+    <link rel="stylesheet" 
href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.6.1/css/font-awesome.min.css";
 />
+
+    
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml"
+      title="RSS Feed for Apache Kudu blog"
+      href="/feed.xml" />
+    
+
+    <!-- HTML5 shim and Respond.js for IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media 
queries -->
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+    <div class="kudu-site container-fluid">
+      <!-- Static navbar -->
+        <nav class="navbar navbar-default">
+          <div class="container-fluid">
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+    <h1 class="entry-title">Apache Kudu 1.8.0 Released</h1>
+    <p class="meta">Posted 26 Oct 2018 by Attila Bukor</p>
+  </header>
+  <div class="entry-content">
+    <p>The Apache Kudu team is happy to announce the release of Kudu 1.8.0!</p>
+
+<p>The new release adds several new features and improvements, including the
+following:</p>
+
+<!--more-->
+
+<ul>
+  <li>Introduced manual data rebalancer tool which can be used to redistribute
+table replicas among tablet servers</li>
+  <li>Added support for <code>IS NULL</code> and <code>IS NOT NULL</code> 
predicates to the Kudu Python
+client</li>
+  <li>Multiple tooling improvements make diagnostics and troubleshooting 
simpler</li>
+  <li>The Kudu Spark connector now supports Spark Streaming DataFrames</li>
+  <li>Added Pandas support to the Python client</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>The above is just a list of the highlights, for a more complete list of new
+features, improvements and fixes please refer to the <a 
href="/releases/1.8.0/docs/release_notes.html">release
+notes</a>.</p>
+
+<p>The Apache Kudu project only publishes source code releases. To build Kudu
+1.8.0, follow these steps:</p>
+
+<ul>
+  <li>Download the Kudu <a href="/releases/1.8.0">1.8.0 source release</a></li>
+  <li>Follow the instructions in the documentation to build Kudu <a 
href="/releases/1.8.0/docs/installation.html#build_from_source">1.8.0 from
+source</a></li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>For your convenience, binary JAR files for the Kudu Java client library, 
Spark
+DataSource, Flume sink, and other Java integrations are published to the ASF
+Maven repository and are <a 
href="https://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Cg%3A%22org.apache.kudu%22%20AND%20v%3A%221.8.0%22";>now
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+    
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href="/2018/09/26/index-skip-scan-optimization-in-kudu.html">Index Skip Scan 
Optimization in Kudu</a> </li>
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+      <li> <a href="/2018/03/23/apache-kudu-1-7-0-released.html">Apache Kudu 
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brave new world in mutable big data: Relational storage</a> </li>
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+      <li> <a href="/2017/09/18/kudu-consistency-pt1.html">Consistency in 
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+    
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1.5.0 released</a> </li>
+    
+      <li> <a href="/2017/06/13/apache-kudu-1-4-0-released.html">Apache Kudu 
1.4.0 released</a> </li>
+    
+      <li> <a href="/2017/04/19/apache-kudu-1-3-1-released.html">Apache Kudu 
1.3.1 released</a> </li>
+    
+      <li> <a href="/2017/03/20/apache-kudu-1-3-0-released.html">Apache Kudu 
1.3.0 released</a> </li>
+    
+      <li> <a href="/2017/01/20/apache-kudu-1-2-0-released.html">Apache Kudu 
1.2.0 released</a> </li>
+    
+      <li> <a href="/2016/11/15/weekly-update.html">Apache Kudu Weekly Update 
November 15th, 2016</a> </li>
+    
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title="class in org.apache.kudu.mapreduce.tools" 
target="classFrame">BigLinkedListCommon</a></li>
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