Hi all,
With several important fixes get merged last week, I've created a new
release candidate (RC2) for Apache Hadoop 2.8.0.
This is the next minor release to follow up 2.7.0 which has been released
for more than 1 year. It comprises 2,919 fixes, improvements, and new features.
Most of these commits are released for the first time in branch-2.
More information about the 2.8.0 release plan can be found here:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/HADOOP/Hadoop+2.8+Release
Please note that RC0 and RC1 are not voted public because significant
issues are found just after RC tag getting published.
The RC is available at:
http://home.apache.org/~junping_du/hadoop-2.8.0-RC2
The RC tag in git is: release-2.8.0-RC2
The maven artifacts are available via repository.apache.org at:
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehadoop-1056
Please try the release and vote; the vote will run for the usual 5 days,
ending on 03/20/2017 PDT time.
Thanks,
Junping
