All, I would like to propose that HADOOP-15407 be merged to trunk. As described in that JIRA, this is a complete reimplementation of the current hadoop-azure storage driver (WASB) with some significant advantages. The impact outside of that module is very limited, however, and it appears that on-going improvements will continue to be so. The tests have been stable for some time, and I believe we've reached the point of being ready for broader feedback and to continue incremental improvements in trunk. HADOOP-15407 was rebased on trunk today and I had a successful test run.
I'd like to call out the contributions of Thomas Marquardt, Da Zhou, and Steve Loughran who have all contributed significantly to getting this branch to its current state. Numerous other developers are named in the commit log and the JIRA. I'll start us off: +1 (binding)
