Hi Folks, Apache Hadoop 2.9.0 is the first release of Hadoop 2.9 line and will be the starting release for Apache Hadoop 2.9.x line - it includes 30 New Features with 500+ subtasks, 407 Improvements, 790 Bug fixes new fixed issues since 2.8.2.
More information about the 2.9.0 release plan can be found here: *https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/HADOOP/Roadmap#Roadmap-Version2.9 <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/HADOOP/Roadmap#Roadmap-Version2.9>* New RC is available at: *https://home.apache.org/~asuresh/hadoop-2.9.0-RC3/ <https://home.apache.org/~asuresh/hadoop-2.9.0-RC3/>* The RC tag in git is: release-2.9.0-RC3, and the latest commit id is: 756ebc8394e473ac25feac05fa493f6d612e6c50. The maven artifacts are available via repository.apache.org at: <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Frepository.apache.org%2Fcontent%2Frepositories%2Forgapachehadoop-1066&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFcern4uingMV_sEreko_zeLlgdlg>*https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehadoop-1068/ <https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehadoop-1068/>* We are carrying over the votes from the previous RC given that the delta is the license fix. Given the above - we are also going to stick with the original deadline for the vote : ending on Friday 17th November 2017 2pm PT time. Thanks, -Arun/Subru