MapR will publish untested rpm/deb packages later today or tomorrow. I will
send another update when packages are ready for download.

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 6:08 AM, John Omernik <[email protected]> wrote:

> Can MapR release a beta build or a dev build with the latest features
> included?  My issue is when I attempted to build from source with the MapR
> Profile, I am not able to utilize MapR tables.  (Not sure what I am doing
> wrong) and I would rather not "choose" between MapR Tables and the new JDBC
> features in my testing.   On one hand we could troubleshoot my building
> skills (which I am sorely lacking) or if MapR has a process to take the
> current code and package it up in a .deb and .rpm with a "use at own risk"
> that would be very handy for us who want to play with the new capabilities.
>
> Thanks!
> John
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 2:47 PM, Neeraja Rentachintala <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> > John, Chris
> >
> > yes, MapR Drill 1.2 is different from Apache Drill 1.2 by few fixes. The
> > fixes are mainly related to the newly introduced JDBC storage plugin
> > package, a great cool feature , which however came in very late in the
> > cycle for MapR to be able to consume it and deliver to customers with
> > quality. We will be absorbing these fixes as part of the next release.
> >
> > Meanwhile, we will be publishing the delta between these releases on the
> > MapR docs so users understand the difference. Also as the Drill community
> > getting broader , we are making sure we are tightly working with the
> > community to ensure the quality of the project is high and release
> cadence
> > is predictable so that these exceptions are completely eliminated or
> > minimized in future.
> >
> > Hope that helps. Feel free to ping me at [email protected] for
> > any additional questions.
> >
> > Thanks
> > -Neeraja
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:11 AM, Andrew Brust <
> > [email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > MapR Ships Apache Drill 1.2 in its Distribution
> > >
> > > Launches new Quick Start Solution for self-service data exploration
> > >
> > > San Jose, CA, – October 21, 2015 – MapR Technologies, Inc., provider of
> > > the top-ranked distribution for Apache™ Hadoop® that integrates
> web-scale
> > > enterprise storage and real-time database capabilities, today announced
> > the
> > > availability of Apache Drill 1.2 in its Distribution as well as a new
> > Data
> > > Exploration Quick Start Solution. Customers and partners can now more
> > > quickly leverage Drill to get fast business insights from all their
> data
> > in
> > > Hadoop and other sources. In addition, MapR also released a
> comprehensive
> > > SQL-based test framework to the open source community.
> > >
> > > Interest and adoption of Drill, which was recently recognized as one of
> > > the best in open source big data technologies, continues to grow since
> > its
> > > general availability earlier this year. Thousands of users have
> > downloaded
> > > Drill and numerous organizations have it in production, interactively
> > > analyzing up to PBs of data. Additionally, over 4,000 analysts, BI
> > > architects and developers have completed Drill training courses
> provided
> > by
> > > the free Hadoop On-Demand Training program from MapR.
> > >
> > > “Capturing and analyzing digital and social media data continues to be
> > > highly valuable when engaging with customers,” said Donna Belanger,
> head
> > of
> > > partner tools, Harte Hanks.  “However, data formats vary greatly and
> the
> > > amount of information grows at an extremely fast pace.  Without the
> need
> > > for complex data modeling, Apache Drill simplifies the process and
> > enables
> > > us to shorten the time it takes to explore these semi-structured and
> > > structured data sources for our clients and help them rapidly identify
> > > actionable insights.”
> > >
> > > Version 1.2 of Apache Drill, which is now available in the MapR
> > > Distribution, offers extended SQL analytics functionality, superior
> > > performance, deeper Hive integration, and improvements in overall
> > > enterprise manageability.  Highlights include:
> > >
> > > •       Advanced SQL Functions: Drill 1.2 continues to deliver on the
> > > promise of ANSI-SQL and help companies reuse existing investments in
> > > BI/analytic tools, with the addition of SQL-compliant analytical and
> > window
> > > functions. New functions include Lead, Lag, First Value, and Last
> Value,
> > in
> > > addition to the ranking and a variety of aggregated window functions
> > > delivered in Drill 1.1.
> > >
> > > •       High Performance: Drill 1.2 offers superior performance and
> scale
> > > for interactive workloads. Some of the capabilities include a new
> > metadata
> > > cache mechanism which speeds up queries against 1000s of files and
> > enhanced
> > > pushdown features for a variety of datatypes to enable faster queries
> on
> > > HBase and MapR-DB
> > >
> > > •       Deeper Hive Integration: Drill 1.2 extends its compatibility
> and
> > > performance with Hive. With deeper integration, seamless deployment of
> > Hive
> > > for ETL and Drill for interactive queries can take place simultaneously
> > in
> > > the same cluster, enabling companies to leverage existing investments
> in
> > > Hive with Drill.
> > >
> > > “AnswerRocket empowers users with search-driven data discovery and
> > > analytics,” said Alon Goren, CEO of AnswerRocket. “When we heard about
> > > Drill’s ability to interact with NoSQL file systems, we integrated
> > > AnswerRocket with Drill and were truly impressed with the SQL
> > > Implementation, speed, and scalability provided by Drill.  When
> combined
> > > with AnswerRocket’s ability to translate natural language questions
> into
> > > SQL, Apache Drill makes self-service analytics much more easily
> > accessible
> > > to enterprises leveraging big data.”
> > >
> > > MapR also announced a new Data Exploration Quick Start Solution, which
> > > enables companies to rapidly deploy self-service analytics on big data
> > and
> > > discover new business insights faster.
> > >
> > > In addition, MapR released a comprehensive SQL test framework to the
> open
> > > source community.  With over 10,000 tests developed over the course of
> > > several months, this framework is available for developers in the
> > community
> > > to continue to maintain the enterprise quality of the Apache Drill
> > project
> > > and accelerate community-driven innovation.
> > >
> > > “Releasing the test frameworks demonstrates our continued commitment in
> > > building a strong community to drive the innovation and quality of the
> > > Apache Drill OSS project,”
> > > said Neeraja Rentachintala, director, product management, MapR
> > > Technologies. “Drill users are getting value from their relational
> > > structured data in Hadoop as well as enabling a broader set of users in
> > an
> > > organization to leverage new types of semi-structured data sources such
> > as
> > > JSON. As the only schema-free SQL engine for big data, Drill brings
> > > unprecedented flexibility and performance, rapid time to insights,
> > granular
> > > security, scale in all dimensions and integration with existing tools.”
> > >
> > >
> > > DRILL RESOURCES
> > > •       Take advantage of free MapR On-Demand Hadoop training to get
> > > started on Drill
> > > •       To learn more about the Drill 1.2 product and its key features,
> > > visit here
> > > •       To experience Drill in action by downloading the software or to
> > > find more information, visit here.
> > >
> > >
> > > Tweet this:  Apache Drill 1.2 and Data Exploration Quick Start Solution
> > > now available from MapR. http://bit.ly/1GPfPg3
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > About MapR Technologies
> > > MapR provides the industry's only big data platform that combines the
> > > processing power of the top-ranked Hadoop with web-scale enterprise
> > storage
> > > and real-time database capabilities, enabling customers to harness the
> > > enormous power of their data. Organizations with the most demanding
> > > production needs, including sub-second response for fraud prevention,
> > > secure and highly available data-driven insights for better healthcare,
> > > petabyte analysis for threat detection, and integrated operational and
> > > analytic processing for improved customer experiences, run on MapR. A
> > > majority of customers achieve payback in fewer than 12 months and
> realize
> > > greater than 5X ROI. MapR ensures customer success through world-class
> > > professional services and with free on-demand training that 40,000
> > > developers, data analysts and administrators have used to close the big
> > > data skills gap. Amazon, Cisco, Google, HP, SAP, and Teradata are part
> of
> > > the worldwide MapR partner ecosystem. Investors include Google Capital,
> > > Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, NEA, Qualcomm Ventures and
> > > Redpoint Ventures. Connect with MapR on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook
> > >
> > > # # #
> > >
> > >
> > > Media Contacts:
> > > Beth Winkowski
> > > MapR Technologies, Inc.
> > > (978) 649-7189
> > > [email protected]
> > >
> > > Kim Pegnato
> > > MapR Technologies, Inc.
> > > (781) 620-0016
> > > [email protected]
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Christopher Matta [mailto:[email protected]]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 10:45 AM
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: Re: MapR Drill 1.2 Package
> > >
> > > Good question, I'd like to know as well.
> > >
> > > I know that there were some JDBC fixes added to the official Drill 1.2
> > > release, are those going to get back ported into the MapR release?
> > >
> > > Chris Matta
> > > [email protected]
> > > 215-701-3146
> > >
> > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 2:36 PM, John Omernik <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hey quick questions for the @maprtech folks. I am using the MapR
> > > > package for drill dated Oct 7 (Drill 1.2.0.20151007103) in MapR
> terms,
> > > > with the release announcement on Oct 17, has anything changed
> official
> > > > 1.2 release compared to the MapR Release 10 days earlier?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > John
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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