Hey Bolke, thanks great wotk. I'll handle the CHANGELOG, and add some
documentation about triggers with branching operators.

About the Google Cloud Operators: I wouldn't call it feature complete... it
never is.


On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 11:24 PM Bolke de Bruin <bdbr...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I have made the first BETA of Airflow 1.8.0 available at:
> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/airflow/ <
> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/airflow/> , public keys
> are available at
> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/incubator/airflow/ <
> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/incubator/airflow/> . It is
> tagged with a local version “apache.incubating” so it allows upgrading from
> earlier releases. This beta is available for testing in a more production
> like setting (acceptance environment?).
>
> I would like to encourage everyone  to try it out, to report back any
> issues so we get to a rock solid release of 1.8.0. When reporting issues a
> test case or even a fix is highly appreciated.
>
> By moving to beta, we are also in feature freeze mode. Meaning no major
> adjustments or additions can be made to the v1-8-test branch. There is one
> exception: the cgroups+impersonation patch. I was assured that before we
> merge that it will be thoroughly tested, so its can still enter 1.8 if
> within a reasonable time frame. A lot of work has gone into it and it would
> be a shame if we would lose momentum.
>
> Finally, it would also be really nice of have some updates to the
> documentation. In order of importance:
>
> * UPDATING.md What does a user need to think of when upgrading to 1.8?
> MySQL 5.6.4 is now minimally required, scheduler now has separate logs per
> file processor.
> * docs/configuration.rst We have many new options, especially in the
> scheduler area
> * docs/faq.rst
> * CHANGELOG.txt (compiled from git log)
> * swagger definitions for the API
>
> HIGHLIGHTS of the beta:
>
> * DAG catchup: If False the scheduler does not fill in the gaps between
> the start_date and the current_date. Can be specified per dag or globally
> * Per DAG multi processing: More robust and faster DAG processing. A
> faulty DAG should not take down the scheduler any more
> * Google Cloud Operators: Feature complete I have heard.
> * Time units now dynamic UI
> * Better SMTP handling and attachment support
> * Operational metrics for the scheduler
> * MSSQL Improvements
> * Experimental Rest API with Kerberos support
> * Auto alignment of start_date to interval
> * Better support for sub second scheduling
> * Rolling restart of web workers
> * nvd3.js instead of highcharts
> * New dependency engine making debugging why my task is running easier
> * Many UI updates
> * Many new operators
> * Many, many, many bugfixes
>
> RELEASE PLANNING
>
> Beta 2: 20 Jan
> Beta 3: 25 Jan
> RC1:  2 Feb
>
> Cheers
> Bolke
>
>
>
> --
  _/
_/ Alex Van Boxel

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