I'm happy to announce the first release candidate of HBase 1.1.13 (HBase-1.1.13RC0) is available for download at *https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-1.1.13RC0/ <https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-1.1.13RC0/>*.
This is to be the final release from branch-1.1. Maven artifacts are available in the staging repository *https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehbase-1182 <https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehbase-1182>* Artifacts are signed with my code signing subkey 0xAD9039071C3489BD, available in the Apache keys directory https://people.apache.org/keys /committer/ndimiduk.asc and in our KEYS file http://www-us.apache.org/dist/ hbase/KEYS. There's also a signed tag for this release at *https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=hbase.git;a=tag;h=16a04e6629e614c7900c443f3a29cdba92dd7b7e <https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=hbase.git;a=tag;h=16a04e6629e614c7900c443f3a29cdba92dd7b7e>* The detailed source and binary compatibility report vs 1.1.12 has been published for your review, at *https://home.apache.org/~ndimiduk/1.1.12_1.1.13RC0_compat_report.html <https://home.apache.org/~ndimiduk/1.1.12_1.1.13RC0_compat_report.html>* HBase 1.1.13 is the thirteenth and final 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 over 40 resolved issues since the 1.1.12 release; the majority of these changes are to build tooling rather than the product itself. Notable product correctness fixes include HBASE-18665 and HBASE-19052. The full list of fixes included in this release is available at *https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12310753&version=12341346 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12310753&version=12341346>* and and in the CHANGES.txt file included in the distribution. Please try out this candidate and vote +/-1 by 23:59 Pacific time on Friday, 2017-12-08 as to whether we should release these artifacts as HBase 1.1.13. Thanks, Nick
