Thanks, Josh, for being release manager yet again. This release is a significant improvement to Avatica on several fronts (security, performance and quality).
Julian > On Jun 6, 2016, at 8:54 AM, Josh Elser <[email protected]> wrote: > > The Apache Calcite team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Calcite > Avatica 1.8.0. > > Avatica is a framework for building database drivers. Avatica defines a wire > API and serialization mechanism for clients to communicate with a server as a > proxy to a database. The reference Avatica client and server are implemented > in Java and communicate over HTTP. Avatica is a sub-project of Apache Calcite > > The 1.8.0 release continues the focus on compatibility with previous versions > while also adding support for authentication between Avatica client and > server. Performance, notably on the write-path, is also a major area of > improvement in this release, increasing as much as two to three times over > previous versions via the addition of new API support. The documentation for > both users and developers also continues to receive improvements. > > If you'd like to download the source release, you can find it here: > > https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/calcite/apache-calcite-avatica-1.8.0/ > > You can read more about the release here: > > https://calcite.apache.org/avatica/news/2016/06/04/release-1.8.0/ > > We welcome your help and feedback. For more information on how to report > problems and get involved, visit the project website at: > > https://calcite.apache.org/avatica/ > > or the Apache Calcite project website: > > https://calcite.apache.org/ > > Thanks to everyone involved! > > Josh Elser, on behalf of the Apache Calcite team.
