Dear Community,
I have uploaded a release candidate to: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/ignite/2.8.0-rc1/ https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/ignite/packages_2.8.0-rc1/ The following staging can be used for testing: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapacheignite-1474/ Tag with name 2.8.0-rc1 created: https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=ignite.git;a=commit;h=341b01dfd8abf2d9b01d468ad1bb26dfe84ac4f6 Release 2.8 contains a lot of changes, please refer to the RELEASE_NOTES: https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=ignite.git;a=blob_plain;f=RELEASE_NOTES.txt;hb=ignite-2.8 Complete list of resolved issues: https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20IGNITE%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%202.8%20and%20status%20%3D%20Resolved%20and%20resolution%20%3D%20Fixed%20order%20by%20updated DEVNOTES https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=ignite.git;a=blob_plain;f=DEVNOTES.txt;hb=ignite-2.8 Additional checks have been performed (available for users included into the release group on TeamCity). TC [Check RC: Licenses, compile, chksum] https://ci.ignite.apache.org/viewLog.html?buildId=5085462&buildTypeId=ApacheIgniteReleaseJava8_PrepareVote4CheckRcLicensesChecksum&tab=buildResultsDiv TC [3] Build & Upload Nuget Staging Packages https://ci.ignite.apache.org/viewLog.html?buildId=5085460&buildTypeId=ApacheIgniteReleaseJava8_PrepareVote3BuildNuGetPackages&tab=buildResultsDiv TC [2] Compare w/ Previous Release https://ci.ignite.apache.org/viewLog.html?buildId=5085458&buildTypeId=ApacheIgniteReleaseJava8_IgniteRelease72CheckFileConsistency&tab=buildResultsDiv The vote is formal, see voting guidelines https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html +1 - to accept Apache Ignite 2.8.0-rc1 0 - don't care either way -1 - DO NOT accept Apache Ignite Ignite 2.8.0-rc1 (explain why) See notes on how to verify release here https://www.apache.org/info/verification.html and https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/IGNITE/Release+Process#ReleaseProcess-P5.VotingonReleaseandReleaseVerification The vote will hold for 72 hours and will end on March 2-nd 2020 15:10 UTC https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20200302T181010&p0=166&msg=%5BVOTE%5D+Release+Apache+Ignite+2.8.0+RC1&font=sanserif
