Cut release 1.7.3

Author: manolama

Makefile

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ proto_builddir := $(top_builddir)/protobuf
 spec_title := Asynchronous HBase Client
 spec_vendor := The Async HBase Authors
 # Semantic Versioning (see http://semver.org/).
-spec_version := 1.7.2
+spec_version := 1.7.3
 jar := $(top_builddir)/asynchbase-$(spec_version).jar
 
 asynchbase_PROTOS := \

NEWS

@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 AsyncHBase - User visible and noteworthy changes.
 This project uses Semantic Versioning (see http://semver.org/).
 
+* Version 1.7.3 (2017-06-09)
+
+This is a bug fix release.
+
+Noteworthy bug Fixes:
+  - Properly handle IPV6 addresses in the RegionClientPipeline.
+  - Avoid a deadlock when calling the RegionClient.toString() method.
+  - Avoid a synchronization deadlock handling NSRE probes.
+
 * Version 1.7.2 (2016-09-17)
 
 This is a bug fix release.

THANKS

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Junegunn Choi
 Michael Rose
 Michael Stack
 Mikhail Antonov
+Misha Brukman
 Nicolas Thiébaud
 Phil Smith
 Philip K. Warren