[ANNOUNCE] Apache Hadoop 2.7.4 Release.

[Konstantin Shvachko]

Hi everybody,

I am glad to announce that Apache Hadoop 2.7.4 has been voted in and
released. Apache Hadoop 2.7.4 is now available for download from Apache
mirrors:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/hadoop/common
For download instructions please refer to the Apache Hadoop Release page:
http://hadoop.apache.org/releases.html

This is the next release of Apache Hadoop 2.7 line. It is a successor to
the previous stable release 2.7.3, which was available since August 25,
2016. Apache Hadoop 2.7.4 includes 264 issues fixed after the 2.7.3 release,
which are critical bug fixes and major optimizations. See Release Notes for
more details:
http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/r2.7.4/hadoop-project-dist/hadoop-common/releasenotes.html

Apache Hadoop 2.7.4 documentation is available at:
http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/r2.7.4/

Thank you all for contributing to Apache Hadoop!
--Konstantin