TEZ 0.5.3 RC1
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 Apache Tez Change Log
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-Release 0.5.3: 2014-12-05
+Release 0.5.3: 2014-12-10
 
 ALL CHANGES:
   TEZ-1758. TezClient should provide YARN diagnostics when the AM crashes