Hi folks! I'm in the process of getting us a 1.2.7-RC, hopefully soon[1]. This release is badly behind schedule. I'd very much like to get us back on a regular cadence for our stable release line, with a goal of once a month. Unfortunately, I'm very unlikely to have time to do release managing after the 1.2.7 release until spring (luckily it's for fortunate-to-me reasons).
Despite the delay in schedule on this release, generally doing a maintenance release is relatively low effort. These kinds of "substitute RM" situations are a great chance to get familiar with the process while having a well-defined end point. If there's anyone who'd like to give it a try by handling things while I'm gone, both I and I'm sure the project community would be grateful. To take on this particular task, one must be a committer already (due to ASF policy). It's a great way to "act like a PMC" for those committers who'd like to make a long term investment in HBase. Anyone interested? -busbey [1]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-18276
