I'm presenting a webinar on what's new in 1.2 this Wednesday: http://learn.datastax.com/WebinarWhatsNewin1.2_Registration.html
See you there! On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Sylvain Lebresne <sylv...@datastax.com> wrote: > The Cassandra team wishes you a very happy new year 2013, and is very > pleased > to announce the release of Apache Cassandra version 1.2.0. Cassandra 1.2.0 > is a > new major release for the Apache Cassandra distributed database. This > version > adds numerous improvements[1,2] including (but not restricted to): > - Virtual nodes[4] > - The final version of CQL3 (featuring many improvements) > - Atomic batches[5] > - Request tracing[6] > - Numerous performance improvements[7] > - A new binary protocol for CQL3[8] > - Improved configuration options[9] > - And much more... > > Please make sure to carefully read the release notes[2] before upgrading. > > Both source and binary distributions of Cassandra 1.2.0 can be downloaded > at: > > http://cassandra.apache.org/download/ > > Or you can use the debian package available from the project APT > repository[3] > (you will need to use the 12x series). > > The Cassandra Team > > [1]: http://goo.gl/JmKp3 (CHANGES.txt) > [2]: http://goo.gl/47bFz (NEWS.txt) > [3]: http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/DebianPackaging > [4]: http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/virtual-nodes-in-cassandra-1-2 > [5]: http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/atomic-batches-in-cassandra-1-2 > [6]: http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/tracing-in-cassandra-1-2 > [7]: > http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/performance-improvements-in-cassandra-1-2 > [8]: http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/binary-protocol > [9]: http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/configuration-changes-in-cassandra-1-2 -- Jonathan Ellis Project Chair, Apache Cassandra co-founder, http://www.datastax.com @spyced