The Apache Sqoop team is pleased to announce the release of Sqoop 1.99.5. This is the fifth cut of Sqoop2 branch. Major step forward of the project. Apache Sqoop is a tool designed for efficiently transferring bulk data between Apache Hadoopand structured datastores, such as relational databases. The release is available here: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/sqoop/1.99.5 The full change log is available here: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12311320&version=12328914 Your help and feedback is more than welcome. For more information on how to report problems and to get involved, visit the project website at http://sqoop.apache.org/ The Apache Sqoop Team