> On 14 Mar 2017, at 08:41, Junping Du <j...@hortonworks.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
>     With several important fixes get merged last week, I've created a new 
> release candidate (RC2) for Apache Hadoop 2.8.0.
> 
>     This is the next minor release to follow up 2.7.0 which has been released 
> for more than 1 year. It comprises 2,919 fixes, improvements, and new 
> features. Most of these commits are released for the first time in branch-2.
> 
>      More information about the 2.8.0 release plan can be found here: 
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/HADOOP/Hadoop+2.8+Release
> 
>      Please note that RC0 and RC1 are not voted public because significant 
> issues are found just after RC tag getting published.
> 
>      The RC is available at: 
> http://home.apache.org/~junping_du/hadoop-2.8.0-RC2
> 
>      The RC tag in git is: release-2.8.0-RC2

given tags are so easy to move, we need to be relying on one or more of: 
-the commit ID, 
-the tag being signed

Junping: what is the commit Id for the release?

> 
>      The maven artifacts are available via repository.apache.org at: 
> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehadoop-1056
> 

thanks, I'll play with these downstream, as well as checking out and trying to 
build on windows

>      Please try the release and vote; the vote will run for the usual 5 days, 
> ending on 03/20/2017 PDT time.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Junping


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