+1 binding slider validation
purge all 2.5.0 artifacts in the local mvn repo (fish shell): rm -rf ~/.m2/repository/org/apache/hadoop/**/*2.5.0* clean slider build -verified download of artifacts from staging repo run all the tests, especially the one that we'd turned off for 2.4.0: TestKilledHBaseAM (SLIDER-34, YARN-2065) all happy. Object store tests 1. check out branch-2.5 @commit # 0c0c513 2. put in hadoop-common/src/test/resources/contract-test-options.xml with binding to s3/s3n buckets 3. run the s3n Contract tests: mvn test -Dtest=TestS3NContract\* ...all passed 4. in hadoop-tools/hadoop-openstack -ran all the tests with auth-keys.xml set to bind all non-contract tests to a public cloud & contract-test-options.xml for the contract tests. All passed On 6 August 2014 01:37, Karthik Kambatla <ka...@cloudera.com> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have put together a release candidate (rc1) for Hadoop 2.5.0. > > The RC is available at: http://people.apache.org/~kasha/hadoop-2.5.0-RC1/ > The RC tag in svn is here: > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/common/tags/release-2.5.0-rc1/ > The maven artifacts are staged at: > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehadoop-1008/ > > You can find my public key at: > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/common/dist/KEYS > > Please try the release and vote. The vote will run for the now usual 5 > days. > > Thanks > -- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any printing, copying, dissemination, distribution, disclosure or forwarding of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete it from your system. Thank You.