issue 1242: Fixed state init problem in AccessGroupGarbageTracker
Upgraded for 0.9.7.18 release
Set release number to 0.9.8.0
Added Cluster ID to commit log block header
Improved secondary index query support
Got rid of unused merge_diff tool
Changed default Hadoop distro to cdh4
issue 1080: Do localtime conversion for all datetime values passed through API
issue 1146: Change default Hypertable port numbers to be non-ephemeral
Removed source_machine variable and localhost role from Capfiles
Improved Master operation remove approval handling
issue 1188: Fixed race condition between Cluster ID generate and read
Share index update code between client lib and RangeServer
Added REBUILD INDICES command
Renamed DFS Broker to FS Broker
Updated load_generator to reflect recent secondary index changes
Cleaned up Schema code and HQL/Thrift schema create & modify commands
Added ability to add/drop inidices after table creation
Properly handle case where target of table rename is a namespace
Fixed create namespace problem when intermediate component is a table