HBASE-22220 Release hbase-connectors-1.0.0
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+# HBase Changelog
+
+<!---
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+## Release connector-1.0.0 - Unreleased (as of 2019-04-23)
+
+
+
+### NEW FEATURES:
+
+| JIRA | Summary | Priority | Component |
+|:---- |:---- | :--- |:---- |
+| [HBASE-15320](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-15320) | HBase connector for Kafka Connect |  Major | Replication |
+
+
+### IMPROVEMENTS:
+
+| JIRA | Summary | Priority | Component |
+|:---- |:---- | :--- |:---- |
+| [HBASE-21491](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-21491) | [hbase-connectors] Edit on spark connector README |  Trivial | hbase-connectors |
+| [HBASE-21841](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-21841) | Allow inserting null values throw DataSource API |  Major | spark |
+| [HBASE-21880](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-21880) | [hbase-connectors] clean up site target |  Minor | hbase-connectors |
+| [HBASE-21842](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-21842) | Properly use flatten-maven-plugin in hbase-connectors |  Major | hbase-connectors |
+| [HBASE-21931](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-21931) | [hbase-connectors] Bump surefire version |  Major | hbase-connectors |
+
+
+### BUG FIXES:
+
+| JIRA | Summary | Priority | Component |
+|:---- |:---- | :--- |:---- |
+| [HBASE-21429](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-21429) | [hbase-connectors] pom refactoring adding kafka dir intermediary |  Minor | hbase-connectors, kafka |
+| [HBASE-21431](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-21431) | [hbase-connectors] Fix build and test issues |  Blocker | hbase-connectors |
+| [HBASE-21434](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-21434) | [hbase-connectors] Cleanup of kafka dependencies; clarify hadoop version |  Major | hbase-connectors, kafka |
+| [HBASE-21446](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-21446) | [hbase-connectors] Update spark and scala versions; add some doc on how to generate artifacts with different versions |  Major | hbase-connectors, spark |
+| [HBASE-21448](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-21448) | [hbase-connectors] Make compile/tests pass on scala 2.10 AND 2.11 |  Major | hbase-connectors, spark |
+| [HBASE-21878](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-21878) | [hbase-connectors] Fix hbase-checkstyle version reference |  Critical | hbase-connectors |
+| [HBASE-21923](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-21923) | [hbase-connectors] Make apache-rat pass |  Critical | hbase-connectors |
+
+
+### SUB-TASKS:
+
+| JIRA | Summary | Priority | Component |
+|:---- |:---- | :--- |:---- |
+| [HBASE-21002](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-21002) | Create assembly and scripts to start Kafka Proxy |  Minor | hbase-connectors |
+| [HBASE-21435](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-21435) | [hbase-connectors] Cleanup of kafka dependencies; clarify hadoop version; addendum |  Minor | hbase-connectors, kafka |
+
+
+### OTHER:
+
+| JIRA | Summary | Priority | Component |
+|:---- |:---- | :--- |:---- |
+| [HBASE-21432](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-21432) | [hbase-connectors] Add Apache Yetus integration for hbase-connectors repository |  Major | build, hbase-connectors |
+| [HBASE-22221](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-22221) | Extend kafka-proxy documentation with required hbase settings |  Major | hbase-connectors |
+| [HBASE-22210](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-22210) | Fix hbase-connectors-assembly to include every jar |  Major | hbase-connectors |
+| [HBASE-22266](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-22266) | Add yetus personality to connectors to avoid scaladoc issues |  Major | hbase-connectors |
+| [HBASE-22257](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-22257) | Remove json4s and jackson dependency from hbase spark connector |  Major | hbase-connectors |
+
+
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+# RELEASENOTES
+
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+# HBase  connector-1.0.0 Release Notes
+
+These release notes cover new developer and user-facing incompatibilities, important issues, features, and major improvements.
+
+
+---
+
+* [HBASE-21002](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-21002) | *Minor* | **Create assembly and scripts to start Kafka Proxy**
+
+Adds a kafka proxy that appears to hbase as a replication peer. Use to tee table edits to kafka. Has mechanism for dropping/routing updates. See https://github.com/apache/hbase-connectors/tree/master/kafka for documentation.
+
+
+---
+
+* [HBASE-21434](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-21434) | *Major* | **[hbase-connectors] Cleanup of kafka dependencies; clarify hadoop version**
+
+Cleaned up kafka submodule dependencies. Added used dependencies to pom and removed the unused. Depends explicitly on hadoop2. No messing w/ hadoop3 versions.
+
+
+---
+
+* [HBASE-21446](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-21446) | *Major* | **[hbase-connectors] Update spark and scala versions; add some doc on how to generate artifacts with different versions**
+
+Updates our hbase-spark integration so defaults spark 2.4.0 (October 2018) from 2.1.1 and Scala 2.11.12 (from 2.11.8).
+
+
+
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   <developers/>
   <properties>
     <!-- See https://maven.apache.org/maven-ci-friendly.html -->
-    <revision>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</revision>
+    <revision>1.0.0</revision>
     <maven.javadoc.skip>true</maven.javadoc.skip>
     <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm</maven.build.timestamp.format>
     <buildDate>${maven.build.timestamp}</buildDate>