Hello, We have uploaded the 1.8.0 release candidate to *https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/ignite/1.8.0-rc1/ <https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/ignite/1.8.0-rc1/>*
Tag name is 1.8.0-rc1 This release includes the following changes: Ignite: * SQL: Added DML operations support (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, MERGE) * SQL: Improved DISTINCT keyword handling in aggregates * Hadoop: Added MapR distribution support * Visor: Improved SQL statistics * Added Redis protocol support * Added transactions deadlock detection * Many stability and fault-tolerance fixes Ignite.NET: * ASP.NET session state store provider * Entity Framework second level cache * Custom loggers support: NLog, Apache log4Net ODBC driver: * Added DML operations support * Added distributed joins support * Added DSN support * Performance improvements Complete list of closed issues: https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql= *project%20%3D%20IGNITE%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%201.8%20AND%20status%20in%20(resolved%2C%20closed)* DEVNOTES *https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=ignite.git;a=blob_plain;f=DEVNOTES.txt;hb=refs/tags/1.8.0-rc1 <https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=ignite.git;a=blob_plain;f=DEVNOTES.txt;hb=refs/tags/1.8.0-rc1>* RELEASE NOTES *https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=ignite.git;a=blob_plain;f=RELEASE_NOTES.txt;hb=refs/tags/1.8.0-rc1 <https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=ignite.git;a=blob_plain;f=RELEASE_NOTES.txt;hb=refs/tags/1.8.0-rc1>* Please start voting. +1 - to accept Apache Ignite 1.8.0-rc1 0 - don't care either way -1 - DO NOT accept Apache Ignite 1.8.0-rc1 (explain why) This vote will go for 72 hours. Vladimir.
