The first release candidate for HBase 2.0.4 is available for download: *https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-2.0.4RC0/ <https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-2.0.4RC0/>*
Maven artifacts are also available in a staging repository at: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehbase-1241 Artifacts are signed with my key (DB9D313DA7874F29) published in our KEYS file at http://www.apache.org/dist/hbase/KEYS The RC corresponds to the signed tag 2.0.4RC0, which currently points to commit 9097821560f630dff0fb9df4b0c589ad2acb8016 HBase 2.0.4 is the fourth maintenance release in the HBase 2.0 line, continuing on the theme of bringing a stable, reliable database to the Hadoop and NoSQL communities. It fixes a critical issue found in the recent 2.0.3 and 2.1.1 releases (only), HBASE-21551. 2.0.4 includes ~12 bug and improvement fixes done since the 2.0.3, two weeks ago. The detailed source and binary compatibility report vs 2.0.3 has been published for your review, at: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-2.0.4RC0/compatibiilty_report_2.0.3vs2.04.html The report shows no incompatibilities. The full list of fixes included in this release is available in the CHANGES.md that ships as part of the release also available here: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-2.0.4RC0/CHANGES.md The RELEASENOTES.md are here: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-2.0.4RC0/RELEASENOTES.md Please try out this candidate and vote +1/-1 on whether we should release these artifacts as HBase 2.0.4. The VOTE will remain open for at least 72 hours. Given sufficient votes I would like to close it on Tuesday, December 11th, 2018. Thanks, S
