CASSANDRA-2165[1] became evident almost as soon as 0.7.1 released, and it's ugly enough that we didn't want to wait.
Be sure you've read the changelog[2] and release notes[3], and let us know[4] if you encounter any problems. Thanks! [1]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-2165 [2]: http://goo.gl/iI7U2 (CHANGES.txt) [3]: http://goo.gl/b2dCq (NEWS.txt) [4]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA -- Eric Evans eev...@rackspace.com