The first release candidate for HBase 2.1.3 is available for download: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-2.1.3RC0
Maven artifacts are also available in a staging repository at: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehbase-1253/ Artifacts are signed with my key (9AD2AE49) published in our KEYS file at http://www.apache.org/dist/hbase/KEYS The RC corresponds to the signed tag 2.1.3RC0, which currently points to commit 169f2aea2a9f31831201d3add598e6d7fb23079b HBase 2.1.3 is the fourth maintenance release in the HBase 2.1 line, continuing on the theme of bringing a stable, reliable database to the Hadoop and NoSQL communities. It fixes CVE-2018-1320 by upgrading thrift dependency from 0.9.3 to 0.12.0, all hbase users who use thrift are highly recommended to upgrade. 2.1.3 includes ~55 bug and improvement fixes done since the 2.1.2. There is an imcompatible issue, HBASE-21684, where we change the superclass of StoppedRpcClientException from HBaseIOException to DoNotRetryIOException, should be low risk, and feel free to contact us if this breaks anything for you. The detailed source and binary compatibility report vs 2.1.2 has been published for your review, at: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-2.1.3RC0/compatibility_report_2.1.2vs2.1.3RC0.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-2.1.3RC0/CHANGES.md The RELEASENOTES.md are here: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-2.1.3RC0/RELEASENOTES.md Please try out this candidate and vote +1/-1 on whether we should release these artifacts as HBase 2.1.3. The VOTE will remain open for at least 72 hours. Thanks
