The first release candidate for HBase 2.0.0-alpha-1 is up at: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-2.0.0-alpha-1RC0/
Maven artifacts are available from a staging directory here: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehbase-1169 All was signed w/ my key 8ACC93D2 <http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x9816C7FC8ACC93D2> I tagged the RC as 2.0.0-alpha-1RC0 (c830a0f47f58d4892dd3300032c8244d6278aecc). hbase-2.0.0-alpha-1 will be our first 2.0.0 release. It is a rough cut ('alpha') not-for-production preview of what hbase-2.0.0 will look like. It is what we used to call a 'Developer' release[1] meant mostly for devs and downstreamers to test drive and flag us early if we there are issues we’ve missed ahead of our rolling a production-worthy release. hbase-2.0.0 includes a fleet of new features that include a new assignment manager, means for keeping read and write path off-heap, in-memory compactions, and more. I have been keeping a running doc on the state of 2.0.0 here [2]. There is much to do still (see aforementioned doc). The list of features addressed in 2.0.0 so far can be found here [4]. There are about 2500. The list of ~500 fixes in 2.0.0 exclusively can be found here [3]. Please take it for a spin and vote on whether it ok to put out as our first alpha (bar is low for an 'alpha'). Let the VOTE be open for 24 hours. Thanks, St.Ack 1. http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#hbase.versioning.pre10 2. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WCsVlnHjJeKUcl7wHwqb4z9iEu_ktczrlKHK8N4SZzs/edit#heading=h.v21r9nz8g01j 3. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-17852?jql=project%20%3D%20HBASE%20%20and%20fixVersion%20%3D%202.0.0%20and%20fixVersion%20not%20in%20(1.0.0%2C%201.0.1%2C%201.0.2%2C%201.0.3%2C%201.0.4%2C%201.0.5%2C%201.0.6%2C%201.1.0%2C%201.1.1%2C%201.1.2%2C%201.1.3%2C%201.1.4%2C%201.1.5%2C%201.1.6%2C%201.1.7%2C%201.1.8%2C%201.1.9%2C%201.1.10%2C%201.2.0%2C%201.2.1%2C%201.2.2%2C%201.2.3%2C%201.2.4%2C%201.2.5%2C%201.2.6%2C%201.3.0%2C%201.3.1%2C%201.4.0)%20and%20%20(status%20%3D%20Open%20or%20status%20%3D%20%22Patch%20Available%22) 4. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-18191?jql=project%20%3D%20HBASE%20%20and%20(%20fixVersion%20%3D%202.0.0)%20and%20(status%20%3D%20Resolved)
