I downloaded rc1, all tests passed, did map reduce imports and exports. I've also been running trunk stable for a couple of weeks.
+1 ~Tim. 2009/7/30 stack <st...@duboce.net>: > The first hbase 0.20.0 release candidate is available for download: > > http://people.apache.org/~stack/hbase-0.20.0-candidate-1/<http://people.apache.org/%7Estack/hbase-0.19.0-candidate-1/> > > More than 400 issues have been addressed. The release notes are available > here: http://su.pr/18zcEO <http://tinyurl.com/8xmyx9>. > > HBase 0.20.0 runs on Hadoop 0.20.0. Alot has changed since 0.19.x including > configuration fundamentals. Be sure to read the 'Getting Started' > documentation available here: > http://su.pr/211OYP.<http://people.apache.org/%7Estack/hbase-0.19.0-candidate-1/> > > If you wish to bring your 0.19.x hbase data forward to 0.20.0, you will need > to run a migration. See http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Hbase/HowToMigrate. > First read the overview and then go to the section, 'From 0.19.x to 0.20.x'. > > Should we release this candidate as hbase 0.20.0? Please vote +1/-1 by > Monday August 3rd. > > Yours, > The HBasistas > > P.S. 0.20.0 Highlights include: > > + Much improved performance > + Master is no longer SPOF > + Rolling restarts -- no need to take down whole cluster updating config. or > making minor upgrades > + A new, more comprehensive API (The old API is still present but > deprecated) > + Improved mapreduce connectors > + New contrib package with updated Transactional HBase (THBase) and Indexed > HBase (ITHBase) as well as a new REST gateway called stargate > + And, as they say on the radio, "much, much more". >
