Apache HBase 0.98.5 is now available for download. Get it from an Apache mirror [1] or Maven repository.
The list of changes in this release can be found in the release notes [2] or following this announcement. Thanks to all who contributed to this release. Best, The HBase Dev Team 1. http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/hbase/ 2. http://s.apache.org/hIm HBASE-2217 VM OPTS for shell only HBASE-3270 When we create the .version file, we should create it in a tmp location and then move it into place HBASE-7910 Dont use reflection for security HBASE-11064 Odd behaviors of TableName for empty namespace HBASE-11318 Classes in security subpackages missing @InterfaceAudience annotations. HBASE-11360 SnapshotFileCache causes too many cache refreshes HBASE-11384 [Visibility Controller]Check for users covering authorizations for every mutation HBASE-11388 The order parameter is wrong when invoking the constructor of the ReplicationPeer In the method "getPeer" of the class ReplicationPeersZKImpl HBASE-11480 ClientScanner might not close the HConnection created in construction HBASE-11516 Track time spent in executing coprocessors in each region. HBASE-11518 doc update for how to create non-shared HConnection HBASE-11534 Remove broken JAVA_HOME autodetection in hbase-config.sh HBASE-11537 Avoid synchronization on instances of ConcurrentMap HBASE-11541 Wrong result when scaning meta with startRow HBASE-11545 mapred.TableSnapshotInputFormat is missing InterfaceAudience annotation HBASE-11551 BucketCache$WriterThread.run() doesn't handle exceptions correctly HBASE-11554 Remove Reusable poolmap Rpc client type. HBASE-11555 TableSnapshotRegionSplit should be public HBASE-11557 Counter.class should always be added as dependencyJar HBASE-11558 Caching set on Scan object gets lost when using TableMapReduceUtil in 0.95+ HBASE-11559 Add dumping of DATA block usage to the BlockCache JSON report. HBASE-11561 deprecate ImmutableBytesWritable.getSize and replace with getLength HBASE-11565 Stale connection could stay for a while HBASE-11566 make ExportSnapshot extendable by removing 'final' HBASE-11579 CopyTable should check endtime value only if != 0 HBASE-11583 Refactoring out the configuration changes for enabling VisibilityLabels in the unit tests. HBASE-11586 HFile's HDFS op latency sampling code is not used HBASE-11588 RegionServerMetricsWrapperRunnable misused the 'period' parameter HBASE-11594 Unhandled NoNodeException in distributed log replay mode HBASE-11609 LoadIncrementalHFiles fails if the namespace is specified HBASE-11620 Record the class name of Writer in WAL header so that only proper Reader can open the WAL file HBASE-11621 Make MiniDFSCluster run faster HBASE-11623 mutateRowsWithLocks might require updatesLock.readLock with waitTime=0 HBASE-11632 Region split needs to clear force split flag at the end of SplitRequest run HBASE-11649 Add shortcut commands to bin/hbase for test tools HBASE-11650 Write hbase.id to a temporary location and move into place HBASE-11651 Add conf which disables MetaMigrationConvertingToPB check (for experts only) HBASE-11654 WAL Splitting dirs are not deleted after replay. HBASE-11662 Launching shell with long-form --debug fails HBASE-11668 Re-add HBASE_LIBRARY_PATH to bin/hbase HBASE-11722 Document new shortcut commands introduced by HBASE-11649 -- Best regards, - Andy Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet Hein (via Tom White)
