Any chance of a few more +1s here so I can push this out? Thanks all. St.Ack
On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Stack <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is the second 0.95.0 release candidate. Should we put this out as > 0.95.0? Please > vote by friday, April 5th. > > See the refguide [1] for definition of what a "Development" Series Release > is (or read below where we call it a 'developer release"). In short, it is > a preview release, not for production, put out early so us devs start > getting feedback the sooner. > > The release is available here: > > http://people.apache.org/~stack/hbase-0.95.0RC1/ > > Issues fixed in this release are available here: > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12310753&version=12324094 > > ...including a fix for HBASE-8242, the issue that sunk the first release > candidate. > > Thanks, > St.Ack > > 1. http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#hbase.versioning > > On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Stack <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Here is our first 0.95.0 release candidate. Should we put this out as >> 0.95.0? >> >> The 0.95.x series of releases are designated "developer releases", a type >> of release we have done in the past -- see the 0.89.x series -- where we >> let out 'raw', barely-tested product so developers and those generally >> interested can get some early exposure to what our next stable release to >> follow 0.94.x will look like. Putting out these 'rough cuts' also helps >> to get the feedback started earlier while the release is still baking. >> >> These "developer release" come with no guarantees. We make no >> promises that the next release will be compatible with this one or even >> that >> you will be able to preserve data across the update (This is at an >> extreme, >> and highly unlikely, but could be the case). No work has been done to >> make >> it so you can migrate from 0.94.x HBase. >> >> In spite of all the caveats above, we still need to vote. Remember, the >> bar >> is intentionally set lower on these "developer releases"; it will have to >> be >> something pretty bad to block this RC going out. There should be a new >> release >> along in a week or two and we can address the offender there. >> >> The release artifacts may be downloaded from: >> >> http://people.apache.org/~stack/hbase-0.95.0RC0/ >> >> Let the vote run for a short time, say, April 3rd. Take it for a quick >> spin. >> >> Over 1500 issues have been closed against 0.95.0. It is tough pulling out >> the highlights but I think most will be interested in big improvements >> in Mean Time To Recovery, a revamped metrics, support for hadoop1 and >> hadoop2.... the list is long. For the full list of issues fixed see: >> >> >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12310753&version=12324094 >> >> All feedback is welcome. We'd be interested in getting feedback on >> everything from the packaging, layout, through documentation, UI, and of >> course, >> any bugs found. >> >> Thanks, >> St.Ack >> >> >> >
