Let me vote -1 on 0.98.0RC0 on account of HBASE-10422. I will spin a new RC today.
On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Andrew Purtell <apurt...@apache.org>wrote: > The 1st HBase 0.98.0 release candidate (RC0) is available for download at > http://people.apache.org/~apurtell/0.98.0RC0/ and Maven artifacts are > also available in the temporary repository > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehbase-1001/ > > Signed with my code signing key D5365CCD. > > HBase 0.98.0 is the next major release after HBase 0.96. It is expected to > be wire compatible with HBase 0.96, so clients and servers mixed between > these versions will seamlessly interoperate, provided new features > available in 0.98 are not enabled. However, the HBase 0.98.0 release is not > intended to be binary compatible at the Java API level with any HBase 0.96 > release or earlier. You may need to recompile applications which reference > the HBase JARs. Users of HBase 0.94 will have to perform an offline data > migration procedure during upgrade. Consult the HBase Online Manual for > more information. It is not necessary to migrate data from 0.94 to 0.98 > through 0.96, you can upgrade from 0.94 to 0.98 directly if desired > following the same procedure for upgrading from 0.94 to 0.96. > > This release includes several new security features like per-cell > visibility labels, per-cell ACLs, transparent encryption, and related > changes to the coprocessor framework. Please see the Security section of > the HBase Online Manual for more information. There are also significant > improvements, such as a change to the write ahead log (WAL) threading model > that provides higher transaction throughput under high load. The list of > changes in this release can be found here: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12310753&version=12323143 > > > Please try out the candidate and vote +1/-1 by midnight Pacific Time > (00:00 -0800 GMT) on February 1 on whether or not we should release this as > 0.98.0. > > -- > Best regards, > > - Andy > > Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet Hein > (via Tom White) > -- Best regards, - Andy Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet Hein (via Tom White)
