Hi folks! I'm happy to announce that the next release candidate of HBase 1.2.1 is available for download at:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-1.2.1RC1/ As of this vote, the relevant md5 hashes are: e8291abd097d8eafcd52f9e2f8749c49 hbase-1.2.1-bin.tar.gz 3d66c0dd4f38fa881046fe64dd680a7a hbase-1.2.1-src.tar.gz Maven artifacts are also available in the staging repository https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehbase-1134/ 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 8d8a7107dc4ccbf36a92f64675dc60392f85c015 which signed tag 1.2.1RC1 currently points to: https://s.apache.org/hbase-1.2.1RC1-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 To see the changes since the prior release candidate, you can use the following git command on a up-to-date checkout of the hbase repository: git log 1.2.1RC0..1.2.1RC1 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 Wednesday, April 6th, 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-1.2.1RC1-vote-close
