Hi folks, I've created our new release candidate (RC1) for Apache Hadoop 2.8.2.
Apache Hadoop 2.8.2 is the first stable release of Hadoop 2.8 line and will be the latest stable/production release for Apache Hadoop - it includes 315 new fixed issues since 2.8.1 and 69 fixes are marked as blocker/critical issues. More information about the 2.8.2 release plan can be found here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/HADOOP/Hadoop+2.8+Release New RC is available at: http://home.apache.org/~junping_du/hadoop-2.8.2-RC1<http://home.apache.org/~junping_du/hadoop-2.8.2-RC0> The RC tag in git is: release-2.8.2-RC1, and the latest commit id is: 66c47f2a01ad9637879e95f80c41f798373828fb The maven artifacts are available via repository.apache.org<http://repository.apache.org/> at: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehadoop-1064<https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehadoop-1062> Please try the release and vote; the vote will run for the usual 5 days, ending on 10/24/2017 6pm PST time. Thanks, Junping