The first release candidate for HBase 1.2.3 (hbase-1.2.3RC0) is available for download at:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-1.2.3RC0/ Maven artifacts are also available in a staging repository at: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehbase-1149/ Artifacts are signed with my key (30CD0996) published up in our KEYS file at https://www-us.apache.org/dist/hbase/KEYS. The RC is tagged 1.2.3RC0 (I'll sign the tag the next time through...) The detailed source and binary compatibility report vs 1.2.2 has been published for your review, at: http://people.apache.org/~stack/1.2.2_1.2.3RC0_compat_report.html HBase 1.2.3 is the third patch release in the HBase 1.2 line, continuing on the theme of bringing a stable, reliable database to the Hadoop and NoSQL communities. This release includes over 48 bug fixes since 1.2.2. In particular it addresses an API incompatibility uncovered by our Apache Phoenix bothers and sisters in our Table Interface: HBASE-16420. The full list of fixes included in this release is available at: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12310753&version=12336053 and in the CHANGES.txt file included in the distribution. Please try out this candidate and vote +/-1 by 23:59 Pacific time on Monday, 2016-09-05 as to whether we should release these artifacts as HBase 1.2.3. Thanks, St.Ack
