Hi folks, Apache Hadoop 2.9.0 is the first stable release of Hadoop 2.9 line and will be the latest stable/production release for Apache Hadoop - it includes 30 New Features with 500+ subtasks, 407 Improvements, 787 Bug fixes new fixed issues since 2.8.2 .
More information about the 2.9.0 release plan can be found here: *https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/HADOOP/Roadmap#Roadmap-Version2.9 <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/HADOOP/Roadmap#Roadmap-Version2.9>* New RC is available at: http://home.apache.org/~asuresh/hadoop-2.9.0-RC0/ The RC tag in git is: release-2.9.0-RC0, and the latest commit id is: 6697f0c18b12f1bdb99cbdf81394091f4fef1f0a The maven artifacts are available via repository.apache.org at: *https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehadoop-1065/ <https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehadoop-1065/>* Please try the release and vote; the vote will run for the usual 5 days, ending on 11/10/2017 4pm PST time. Thanks, Arun/Subru