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
issue 1229: Fixed bad basename command in ht version
issue 1235: Prevent users from removing /tmp and /sys namespaces