Thanks for everyone's work on this release! -Jeremiah
On Sep 3, 2013, at 8:48 AM, Sylvain Lebresne <sylv...@datastax.com> wrote: > The Cassandra team is very pleased to announce the release of Apache Cassandra > version 2.0.0. Cassandra 2.0.0 is a new major release that adds numerous > improvements[1,2], including: > - Lightweight transactions[4] that offers linearizable consistency. > - Experimental Triggers Support[5]. > - Numerous enhancements to CQL as well as a new and better version of the > native protocol[6]. > - Compaction improvements[7] (including a hybrid strategy that combines > leveled and size-tiered compaction). > - A new faster Thrift Server implementation based on LMAX Disruptor[8]. > - Eager retries: avoids query timeout by sending data requests to other > replicas if too much time passes on the original request. > > See the full changelog[1] for more and please make sure to check the release > notes[2] for upgrading details. > > Both source and binary distributions of Cassandra 2.0.0 can be downloaded at: > > http://cassandra.apache.org/download/ > > As usual, a debian package is available from the project APT repository[3] > (you will need to use the 20x series). > > The Cassandra team > > [1]: http://goo.gl/zU4sWv (CHANGES.txt) > [2]: http://goo.gl/MrR6Qn (NEWS.txt) > [3]: http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/DebianPackaging > [4]: > http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/lightweight-transactions-in-cassandra-2-0 > [5]: > http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/whats-new-in-cassandra-2-0-prototype-triggers-support > [6]: http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/cql-in-cassandra-2-0 > [7]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-5371 > [8]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-5582 >
