Hi folks! I'm happy to announce the first release candidate of HBase 1.2.1 is available for download at:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-1.2.1RC0/ As of this vote, the relevant md5 hashes are: 91d399c04d1f42454ef0427844f9889c hbase-1.2.1-bin.tar.gz fe8ec88ff873ddf40bf60f4bf2cb3591 hbase-1.2.1-src.tar.gz Maven artifacts are also available in the staging repository https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehbase-1133/ All artifacts are signed with my code signing key 0D80DB7C, available in the project KEYS file: http://www.apache.org/dist/hbase/KEYS These artifacts correspond to commit hash 547095ab7325cab84f41f18dd64d22c2922e4727 which signed tag 1.2.1RC0 currently points to: https://s.apache.org/hbase-1.2.1RC0-tag HBase 1.2.1 is the first maintenance release in the HBase 1.2.z line, continuing on the theme of bringing a stable, reliable database to the Hadoop and NoSQL communities. This release includes 27 resolved issues since the 1.2.0 release. Notable fixes include: * [HBASE-15441] - Fix WAL splitting when region has moved multiple times * [HBASE-15219] - Canary tool does not return non-zero exit code when one of regions is in stuck state * [HBASE-15325] - ResultScanner allowing partial result will miss the rest of the row if the region is moved between two rpc requests * [HBASE-15378] - Scanner cannot handle heartbeat message with no results The full list of issues can be found in the CHANGES.txt file included in the release and online at: https://s.apache.org/hbase-1.2.1-jira-releasenotes Please take some time to verify the release[1], try out the release candidate, and vote on releasing it: [ ] +1 Release this package as HBase 1.2.1 [ ] +0 no opinion [ ] -1 Do not release this package because... Vote will be subject to Majority Approval[2] and will close at 5:00PM UTC on Tuesday, April 5th, 2016[3]. [1]: http://www.apache.org/info/verification.html [2]: https://www.apache.org/foundation/glossary.html#MajorityApproval [3]: to find this in your local timezone see: https://s.apache.org/hbase-1.2.1RC0-vote-close
