The first release candidate for HBase 1.2.4 is available for download at: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-1.2.4RC0/
Maven artifacts are also available in a staging repository at: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehbase-1155/ Artifacts are signed with my key (0D80DB7C) published in our KEYS file at http://www.apache.org/dist/hbase/KEYS The RC corresponds to the signed tag 1.2.4RC0, which currently points to commit ref 04bd0ec8e4cb2f39e5f787126f9b6645dabf27df The detailed source and binary compatibility report vs 1.2.3 has been published for your review, at: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-1.2.4RC0/1.2.3_1.2.4RC0_compat_report.html HBase 1.2.4 is the fourth patch release in the HBase 1.2 line, continuing on the theme of bringing a stable, reliable database to the Hadoop and NoSQL communities. This release includes about 30 bug fixes since 1.2.3. Critical fixes include: * HBASE-16340 Xerces implementation jars removed (incompatible change) * HBASE-15984 Given failure to parse a given WAL that was closed cleanly, replay the WAL. * HBASE-16721 Concurrency issue in WAL unflushed seqId tracking The full list of fixes included in this release is available at: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12310753&version=12338116 and in the CHANGES.txt file included in the distribution. Please try out this candidate and vote +/-1 by 12:00 Pacific Time on Monday, 2016-10-17 as to whether we should release these artifacts as HBase 1.2.4. thanks! -busbey