Hi Folks, We've cleared all the blockers listed for 1.2.0 release, either committing them, or deferring out to an eventual 1.2.1 stabilization release. (Any deferrals were a result of discussion between myself and the committer responsible for the issue.) More details are available here : https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/Hive+1.2+Release+Status
Apache Hive 1.2.0 Release Candidate 1 is available here: https://people.apache.org/~khorgath/releases/1.2.0_RC1/artifacts/ My public key used for signing is as in : http://people.apache.org/~khorgath/releases/1.2.0_RC1/artifacts/khorgath.public_key Maven artifacts are available here: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehive-1030 Source tag for RC0 is up on the apache git repo as tag "release-1.2.0-rc1" (Browseable view over at https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=hive.git;a=tag;h=42d6d588c4fb8b2d9f231af2bbbbf8bd09d592d0 ) Voting will conclude in 72 hours. Hive PMC Members: Please test and vote. Thanks, -Sushanth