Feedback is welcome as this is my first time managing a release, on behalf of Nick Dimiduk.
The first release candidate for HBase 1.1.7 (hbase-1.1.7RC0) is available for download at: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-1.1.7RC0/ Maven artifacts are also available in a staging repository at: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehbase-1152/ Artifacts are signed with my key (21A15DC5) published up in our KEYS file at https://www-us.apache.org/dist/hbase/KEYS. The RC is tagged 1.1.7RC0 and represents SHA cdc799e9b7bedb6b2b2a9a3123321e010c7a6eab. The detailed source and binary compatibility report vs 1.1.6 has been published for your review, at: http://people.apache.org/~misty/hbase-1.1.7-compatibility/ HBase 1.1.7 is the seventh patch release in the HBase 1.1 line, continuing on the theme of bringing a stable, reliable database to the Hadoop and NoSQL communities. This release includes 16 changes and bug fixes since 1.1.6. The full list of fixes included in this release is available at: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?version=12337981&projectId=12310753 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, October 3, 2016 as to whether we should release these artifacts as HBase 1.1.7. Thanks, St.Ack
