[VOTE] Release Apache NiFi 1.8.0 (RC2)

Hello, I am pleased to be calling this vote for the source release of Apache NiFi nifi-1.8.0. The source zip, including signatures, digests, etc. can be found at: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachenifi-1134 The Git tag is nifi-1.8.0-RC2 The Git commit ID is 19bdd375c32c

AvroRecordSetWriter seems unable to deal with certain schemas

Hi, I'm trying to manipulate record-based avro data in Nifi, and I'm getting consistent errors. Here's a simple schema that illustrates the problem for me: https://gist.github.com/dmsolow/13992482534eb0b23de94a385fe999e8 The schema has a root record, with a single field. The field's type is an ar