Hi folks! Back when our stable pointer first moved off of branch-1.2 releases I said I'd do ~6 months of releases[1]. I'm preparing an RC for the 1.2.12 release[2] and it's been ~6.5 months.
I intend 1.2.12 to be the last release I manage off of branch-1.2. If anyone else sees a reason to keep this release line going and is willing to step in as RM please speak up. This is the template for the notice that's been in the ANNOUNCE emails for 1.2.7 - 1.2.11: > All users of previous 1.2.z releases are encouraged to upgrade to either > this release or the latest in our stable release line, which is currently > X.Y.Z. Releases in the 1.2.z line are expected to stop in late spring 2019. Presuming no one wants to keep things going by the time a 1.2.12 VOTE passes, I'll modify it to say the branch is EOL. About a month later I'll do a dedicated EOL post to user@hbase, clean up project references to the release line, and then remove the release from dist.apache.org (it will remain along with all the others on archive.apache.org). [1]: https://s.apache.org/UEPy [2]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-22171
