After a short hiatus, I'm happy to announce the second release candidate of HBase 1.1.3 (HBase-1.1.3RC1) is available for download at https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-1.1.3RC1/
Maven artifacts are also available in the staging repository https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehbase-1125/ Artifacts are signed with my code signing subkey 0xAD9039071C3489BD, available in the Apache keys directory https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/ndimiduk.asc The detailed source and binary compatibility report vs 1.1.0 has been published for your review, at http://home.apache.org/~ndimiduk/1.1.0_1.1.3RC1_compat_report.html HBase 1.1.3 is the third patch release in the HBase 1.1 line, continuing on the theme of bringing a stable, reliable database to the Hadoop and NoSQL communities. This release includes over 160 bug fixes since the 1.1.2 release. Notable correctness fixes beyond RC0 include HBASE-14782, HBASE-14840, HBASE-14989, HBASE-14822, HBASE-15035, HBASE-15031, and HBASE-15085. Also be aware that this release includes HBASE-14799, which closes a remote command execution vulnerability. The full list of fixes included in this release is available at https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12310753&version=12333152 and in the CHANGES.txt file included in the distribution. Please try out this candidate and vote +/-1 by 23:59 Pacific time on Friday, 2016-01-22 as to whether we should release these artifacts as HBase 1.1.3. Thanks, Nick
