The 1st 0.94.5 RC is available for download at http://people.apache.org/~larsh/hbase-0.94.5-rc0/
Signed with my code signing key: C7CFE328 0.94.5 is a bug fix release. This RC has 66 issues resolved against it, contributed by 26 individuals. These are mostly bug fixes. Also fixed is a long standing bug in replication along with lots of random test failures. The full list of changes is available here: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE/fixforversion/12323874 Please try out the RC, check out the doc, take it for a spin, etc, and vote +1/-1 by February 11th on whether we should release this as 0.94.5. The release testing spreadsheet is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvLqcVIqNtlTdGNTUHVVY1lVZnpPT2Z5b0l2c3RoSHc#gid=0 (if you test this release, please add your test to this spreadsheet, so that we can gauge the coverage) HBase continues to be actively maintained; changes are coming in at a rate of about two commits per day. There is no slow down in this RC with 66 commits over the course of about a month. Thanks. -- Lars
