Github user MikeThomsen commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/2702
That's correct. I would recommend you build a custom bundle and deliver
that because you can deliver NARs independent of the release. Then any bug
fixes you find along the way can be merged into this PR in 1.8.
Also, FYI, we have two other big PRs that came in that are waiting. One's a
big refactor of InfluxDB support and the other is a MarkLogic PR. Each of these
tends to be the equivalent in difficult of reviewing half a dozen or more
typical PRs so it can be hard to triage.
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