The 2nd HBase 0.98.21 release candidate (RC1) is available for download at https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-0.98.21RC1/ and Maven artifacts are also available in the temporary repository https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehbase-1145/ .
The detailed source and binary compatibility report for this release with respect to the previous is available for your review at https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-0.98.21RC1/HBase_0.98.20_to_0.98.21RC1_compatibility_report.html . There is one change of note: an allowable change to Public/Evolving HFilePrettyPrinter introduced as part of a security fix. The 57 issues resolved in this release can be found at https://s.apache.org/SfDQ . I have made the following assessments of this candidate: - Release audit check passes - Unit test suite passes (7u79) - Loaded 1M keys with LTT (10 readers, 10 writers, 10 updaters (20%): all keys verified, no unusual messages or errors, latencies in the ballpark - IntegrationTestBigLinkedList writing 500M keys with slowDeterministic chaos policy in effect: result is 100% referenced, no verification errors (8u91) - Built head of Apache Phoenix 4.x-HBase-0.98 branch, looks good (7u79) Signed with my code signing key D5365CCD. Please try out the candidate and vote +1/0/-1. This vote will be open for at least 72 hours. Unless objection I will try to close it Monday August 15, 2016 if we have sufficient votes. -- Best regards, - Andy Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet Hein (via Tom White)
