Apache HBase 0.98.10.1 is now available for download. Get it from an Apache mirror [1] or Maven repository.
The list of changes in this release can be found in the release notes [2][3] or following this announcement. Thanks to all who contributed to this release. Best, The HBase Dev Team 1. http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/hbase/ 2. http://s.apache.org/7hO 3. http://s.apache.org/rXt HBASE-8026 HBase Shell docs for scan command does not reference VERSIONS HBASE-10499 In write heavy scenario one of the regions does not get flushed causing RegionTooBusyException HBASE-10528 DefaultBalancer selects plans to move regions onto draining nodes HBASE-11195 Potentially improve block locality during major compaction for old regions HBASE-12121 maven release plugin does not allow for customized goals HBASE-12223 MultiTableInputFormatBase.getSplits is too slow HBASE-12270 A bug in the bucket cache, with cache blocks on write enabled HBASE-12393 The regionserver web will throw exception if we disable block cache HBASE-12480 Regions in FAILED_OPEN/FAILED_CLOSE should be processed on master failover HBASE-12607 TestHBaseFsck#testParallelHbck fails running against hadoop 2.6.0 HBASE-12608 region_mover.rb does not log moving region count correctly when loading regions HBASE-12627 Add back snapshot batching facility from HBASE-11360 dropped by HBASE-11742 HBASE-12641 Grant all permissions of hbase zookeeper node to hbase superuser in a secure cluster HBASE-12644 Visibility Labels: issue with storing super users in labels table HBASE-12658 Backport HBASE-12574 (Update replication metrics to not do so many map look ups) to 0.98 HBASE-12694 testTableExistsIfTheSpecifiedTableRegionIsSplitParent in TestSplitTransactionOnCluster class leaves regions in transition HBASE-12697 Don't use RegionLocationFinder if localityCost == 0 HBASE-12699 undefined method `setAsyncLogFlush' exception thrown when setting DEFERRED_LOG_FLUSH=>true HBASE-12709 [mvn] Add unit test excludes command line flag to the build. HBASE-12715 getLastSequenceId always returns -1 HBASE-12716 A bug in RegionSplitter.UniformSplit algorithm HBASE-12720 Make InternalScan LimitedPrivate HBASE-12722 Backport TestMultiTableInputFormat to 0.98 branch HBASE-12724 Upgrade the interface audience of RegionScanner from Private to LimitedPrivate HBASE-12729 Backport HBASE-5162 (Basic client pushback mechanism) to 0.98 HBASE-12731 Heap occupancy based client pushback HBASE-12732 Log messages in FileLink$FileLinkInputStream#tryOpen are reversed HBASE-12739 Avoid too large identifier of ZooKeeperWatcher HBASE-12745 Visibility Labels: support visibility labels for user groups. HBASE-12750 getRequestsCount() in ClusterStatus returns total number of request HBASE-12762 Region with no hfiles will have the highest locality cost in LocalityCostFunction HBASE-12767 Fix a StoreFileScanner NPE in reverse scan flow HBASE-12768 Support enable cache_data_on_write in Shell while creating table HBASE-12773 Add warning message when user is trying to bulkload a large HFile. HBASE-12774 Fix the inconsistent permission checks for bulkloading. HBASE-12776 SpliTransaction: Log number of files to be split HBASE-12779 SplitTransaction: Add metrics HBASE-12781 thrift2 listen port will bind always to the passed command line address HBASE-12782 ITBLL fails for me if generator does anything but 5M per maptask HBASE-12787 Backport HBASE-12028 (Abort the RegionServer when it's handler threads die) to 0.98 HBASE-12788 Promote Abortable to LimitedPrivate HBASE-12791 HBase does not attempt to clean up an aborted split when the regionserver shutting down HBASE-12793 [hbck] closeRegionSilentlyAndWait() should log cause of IOException and retry until hbase.hbck.close.timeout expires HBASE-12801 Failed to truncate a table while maintaing binary region boundaries HBASE-12804 ImportTsv fails to delete partition files created by it HBASE-12811 [AccessController] NPE while scanning a table with user not having READ permission on the namespace HBASE-12817 Data missing while scanning using PREFIX_TREE data block encoding HBASE-12819 ExportSnapshot doesn't close FileSystem instances HBASE-12825 CallRunner exception messages should include destination host:port HBASE-12831 Changing the set of vis labels a user has access to doesn't generate an audit log event HBASE-12832 Describe table from shell no longer shows Table's attributes, only CF attributes HBASE-12834 Promote ScanType to LimitedPrivate HBASE-12837 ReplicationAdmin leaks zk connections HBASE-12842 Fix the incompatibility introduced by AccessControlClient in 0.98 HBASE-12844 ServerManager.isServerReacable() should sleep between retries HBASE-12845 ByteBufferOutputStream should grow as direct buffer if the initial buffer is also direct BB HBASE-12847 TestZKLessSplitOnCluster frequently times out in 0.98 builds HBASE-12854 Fix the CopyTable incompatibility introduced in HBASE-11997 in 0.98 HBASE-12864 IntegrationTestTableSnapshotInputFormat fails HBASE-12878 Incorrect HFile path in TestHFilePerformance print output (fix for easier debugging) HBASE-12885 Unit test for RAW / VERSIONS scanner specifications HBASE-12886 Correct tag option name in PerformanceEvaluation HBASE-12892 Add a class to allow taking a snapshot from the command line HBASE-12898 Add in used undeclared dependencies HBASE-12904 Threading issues in region_mover.rb HBASE-12905 Clean up presence of hadoop annotations in 0.98 HBASE-12910 describe in the shell is broken HBASE-12915 Disallow small scan with batching HBASE-12916 No access control for replicating WAL entries HBASE-12918 Backport asciidoc changes HBASE-12925 Use acl cache for doing access control checks in prepare and clean phases of Bulkloading. HBASE-12926 Backport HBASE-12688 (Update site with a bootstrap-based UI) for HBASE-12918 HBASE-12932 [0.98] Change the interface annotation of HConnection from Public/Stable to Public/Evolving HBASE-12933 [0.98] Fold StatisticsHConnection into HConnection HBASE-12979 Use setters instead of return values for handing back statistics from HRegion methods -- Best regards, - Andy Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet Hein (via Tom White)
