The first HBase 1.4.4 release candidate (RC0) is available for download at https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-1.4.4RC0/ and Maven artifacts are available in the temporary repository https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehbase-1214/ .
The git tag corresponding to the candidate is '1.4.4RC0' (fe146eb48c). A detailed source and binary compatibility report for this release is available for your review at https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-1.4.4RC0/compat-check-report.html . A list of the 21 issues resolved in this release can be found at https://s.apache.org/E6GG . 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 April 30, 2018 if we have sufficient votes. Prior to making this announcement I made the following preflight checks: RAT check passes (7u80) Unit test suite passes (7u80) LTT load 1M rows with 100% verification and 20% updates (8u152) ITBLL Loop 1 1B rows with serverKilling monkey (8u152) -- Best regards, Andrew
