Apache Phoenix 4.8.0 发布了，Apache Phoenix 是 HBase 的 SQL 驱动。Phoenix 使得 HBase 支持通过 JDBC 的方式进行访问，并将你的 SQL 查询转成 HBase 的扫描和相应的动作。
本次发布主要改进如下：
- Local Index improvements[1]
- Integration with hive[2]
- Namespace mapping support[3]
- VIEW enhancements[4]
- Offset support for paged queries[5]
- 130+ Bugs resolved[6]
- HBase v1.2 is also supported ( with continued support for v1.1, v1.0 &
v0.98)
- Many performance enhancements(related to StatsCache, distinct, Serial