Hi Folks,

Apache Hadoop 2.9.0 is the first release of Hadoop 2.9 line and will be the
starting release for Apache Hadoop 2.9.x line - it includes 30 New Features
with 500+ subtasks, 407 Improvements, 790 Bug fixes new fixed issues since
2.8.2.

More information about the 2.9.0 release plan can be found here:
*https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/HADOOP/Roadmap#Roadmap-Version2.9
<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/HADOOP/Roadmap#Roadmap-Version2.9>*

New RC is available at: *https://home.apache.org/~asuresh/hadoop-2.9.0-RC3/
<https://home.apache.org/~asuresh/hadoop-2.9.0-RC3/>*

The RC tag in git is: release-2.9.0-RC3, and the latest commit id is:
756ebc8394e473ac25feac05fa493f6d612e6c50.

The maven artifacts are available via repository.apache.org at:
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Frepository.apache.org%2Fcontent%2Frepositories%2Forgapachehadoop-1066&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFcern4uingMV_sEreko_zeLlgdlg>*https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehadoop-1068/
<https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehadoop-1068/>*

We are carrying over the votes from the previous RC given that the delta is
the license fix.

Given the above - we are also going to stick with the original deadline for
the vote : ending on Friday 17th November 2017 2pm PT time.

Thanks,
-Arun/Subru