The first HBase 1.4.8 release candidate (RC0) is available for download at https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-1.4.8RC0/ and Maven artifacts are available in the temporary repository https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehbase-1233/
The git tag corresponding to the candidate is '1.4.8RC0' (91118ce5f1). A detailed source and binary compatibility report for this release is available for your review at https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-1.4.8RC0/compat-check-report.html . There are no reported compatibility issues. A list of the 33 issues resolved in this release can be found at https://s.apache.org/xpxo . Please try out the candidate and vote +1/0/-1. The vote will be open for at least 72 hours. Unless objection I will try to close it Monday October 8, 2018 if we have sufficient votes. Prior to making this announcement I made the following preflight checks: RAT check passes (7u80) Unit test suite passes (7u80, 8u181) Opened the UI in a browser, poked around LTT load 1M rows with 100% verification and 20% updates (8u181) ITBLL 500M rows with serverKilling monkey (8u181) -- Best regards, Andrew Words like orphans lost among the crosstalk, meaning torn from truth's decrepit hands - A23, Crosstalk