[NOTICE] HBase 1.5.0-SNAPSHOT now available for testing (and updated at least weekly)

[Andrew Purtell]

In anticipation of the first HBase 1.5 release next month, 1.5.0, I have
begun publishing weekly (ish) snapshots. Artifacts are available in
Apache's snapshots repository and source and binary tarballs can be
downloaded from
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hbase/hbase-1.5.0-SNAPSHOT/ . These
artifacts are a byproduct of a pre-release RM process and so will be
updated frequently, but possibly not daily, up until we have a 1.5.0
release some time in January 2019 (hopefully).

Please note this is not a release and not an official artifact of the
Apache HBase project, nor the Apache HBase PMC, nor the Apache Software
Foundation. This is a set of convenience artifacts made available to HBase
developers and potential adopters with no guarantees or warranties. They
are not suitable for production usage. They have not undergone any release
testing, release process, or formal vote. Should you deploy them in a real
application you may need to employ an Einstein-Rosen bridge (if you prefer
science fiction) or a seance (if you prefer the fantastic) to recover your
data.