HBASE-11617 incorrect AgeOfLastAppliedOp and AgeOfLastShippedOp in replication Metrics when no new replication OP (Demai Ni)
HBASE-8298 In shell, provide alias of 'desc' for 'describe'.

* Adds ability to alias commands
* map 'desc' alias to 'describe'

Signed-off-by: Andrew Purtell <apurtell@apache.org>
HBASE-11794 StripeStoreFlusher causes NullPointerException (jeongmin kim)
HBASE-11536 Puts of region location to Meta may be out of order which causes inconsistent of region location. (Liu Shaohui)
HBASE-11610 Enhance remote meta updates
HBASE-11729 Document hfile v3.

* break out hfile appendix to its own file
* reorganize so that the section presents versions in order
* add section on v3

Signed-off-by: stack <stack@apache.org>
HBASE-11816 Initializing custom Metrics implementation failed in Mapper or Reducer
HBASE-11782 Document that hbase.MetaMigrationConvertingToPB needs to be set to true for migrations pre 0.96 (Misty Stanley-Jones)
HBASE-4593 Design and document the official procedure for posting patches, commits, commit messages, etc. to smooth process and make integration with tools easier (Misty Stanley-Jones)
HBASE-4593 Design and document the official procedure for posting patches, commits, commit messages, etc. to smooth process and make integration with tools easier (Misty Stanley-Jones)
HBASE-11813 CellScanner#advance may overflow stack
HBASE-11766 Backdoor CoprocessorHConnection is no longer being used for local writes