The CHANGES and NEWS links pointed to the 1.2.8-tentative.
The 1.2.8 links are:
CHANGES.txt:
https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=blob_plain;f=CHANGES.txt;hb=refs/tags/1.2.8
NEWS.txt:
https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=blob_plain;f=NEWS.txt;hb=refs/tags
Regretably, 1.2.7 made its way out with a regression, so we've fast-tracked
1.2.8 with the fix[1].
Source and binary downloads are available from the website.
http://cassandra.apache.org/download
The Debian repository will need to wait until Sylvain's return, I apologize
for the inconvenience
