[VOTE] First release candidate for HBase 2.4.2 (RC0) is available

[Andrew Purtell]

Please vote on this Apache HBase release candidate, hbase-2.4.2RC0.

The VOTE will remain open for at least 72 hours.

[ ] +1 Release this package as Apache HBase 2.4.2
[ ] -1 Do not release this package because ...

The tag to be voted on is 2.4.2RC0:

    https://github.com/apache/hbase/tree/2.4.2RC0

The release files, including signatures, digests, as well as CHANGES.md
and RELEASENOTES.md included in this RC can be found at:

    https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/2.4.2RC0/

Temporary Maven artifacts are available in the staging repository:

    https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehbase-1437/

Artifacts were signed with the apurt...@apache.org key which can be found
in:

    https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/hbase/KEYS

The API compatibility report for this RC can be found at:


https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/2.4.2RC0/api_compare_2.4.1_to_2.4.2RC0.html

The ChoreService changes are allowed because it is marked Public
by mistake and will be made Private as follow up, please see
HBASE-25521.

We performed the following successful pre-flight checks before
announcing this RC:

    - Unit tests
      e.g.
https://ci-hadoop.apache.org/job/HBase/job/HBase%20Nightly/job/branch-2.4/68/

    - 1 billion row IntegrationTestBigLinkedList with
      slowDeterministic policy

    - 1 billion row IntegrationTestBigLinkedList with
      slowDeterminstic policy and active cross-cluster
      replication, with verification step performed on both
      clusters

To learn more about Apache HBase, please see

    http://hbase.apache.org/

Thanks,
Your HBase Release Manager