The 1st HBase 0.98.16 release candidate (RC0) is available for download at http://people.apache.org/~apurtell/0.98.16RC0/ and Maven artifacts are also available in the temporary repository https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehbase-1118/ .
This release does not contain a doc update. Usually I copy back docs from master. This time I encountered a build error, reported on HBASE-14792. This isn't a critical (or even major) issue for any given release since doc updates for 0.98 are rare now, but should be fixed for the next release. The API compatibility report with respect to the previous release can be found at http://people.apache.org/~apurtell/0.98.15_0.98.16RC0_compat_report.html . There are no reported binary or source compatibility issues with user facing public or LimitedPrivate interfaces. Users should not be implementing the HConnection interface so will not be impacted by the addition of a new abstract method. Signed with my code signing key D5365CCD. The 47 issues resolved in this release can be found at http://s.apache.org/Xbv . Please try out the candidate and vote +1/0/-1. This vote will be open for at least 72 hours. Unless objection I will try to close it Monday October 16, 2015 if we have sufficient votes. Three +1 votes from PMC will be required to release. -- Best regards, - Andy Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet Hein (via Tom White)
