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Bug

[AVRO-1493] - Avoid the "Turkish Locale Problem"
[AVRO-1554] - Avro should have support for common constructs like UUID and Date
[AVRO-1642] - JVM Spec Violation 255 Parameter Limit Exceeded
[AVRO-1667] - Parser symbol tree flattening is broken for recursive schemas
[AVRO-1700] - avro_BufferStreambuf_hh__ header guard warning
[AVRO-1711] - JsonDecoder.skipChildren skips more than it should.
[AVRO-1807] - NullPointerException from Json.ObjectWriter
[AVRO-1819] - org.apache.avro.Protocol.parseMessage doesn't respect request field's aliases
[AVRO-1820] - Read annotations to request's fields
[AVRO-1821] - Avro (Java) Memory Leak in ReflectData Caching
[AVRO-1824] - Avro C++ Documentation fix
[AVRO-1826] - build.sh rat fails over extra license files and many others.
[AVRO-1832] - Invoking toString() method unexpectedly modified the avro record.
[AVRO-1845] - Invoking toString() method unexpectedly modified the avro record.

New Feature

[AVRO-1684] - Add date, time, and timestamp to specific object model classes
[AVRO-1833] - Release 1.8.1

Improvement

[AVRO-1784] - Should have a C++ json encoder that pretty prints.
[AVRO-1823] - DataFileStream to include the exception when reading of the magic fail
[AVRO-1825] - Allow running build.sh dist under git
[AVRO-1829] - C++ documentation improvements
[AVRO-1834] - Lower the Javadoc warnings on the generated code.
[AVRO-1835] - Running tests using JDK 1.8 complains about MaxPermSize
[AVRO-1838] - Ensure Checkstyle enforces trailing spaces rule
[AVRO-1839] - Update the gitignore files to hide generated files
[AVRO-1840] - Ensure that build.sh clean really cleans all generated files
[AVRO-1841] - Add clientside githooks to do basic commit validation
[AVRO-1977] - Arrays of Imported Types in Schema Definition

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Release Notes - Apache Avro - Version 1.8.1
                
<h2>        Bug
</h2>
<ul>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1493'>AVRO-1493</a>] -         Avoid the &quot;Turkish Locale Problem&quot;
</li>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1554'>AVRO-1554</a>] -         Avro should have support for common constructs like UUID and Date
</li>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1642'>AVRO-1642</a>] -         JVM Spec Violation 255 Parameter Limit Exceeded 
</li>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1667'>AVRO-1667</a>] -         Parser symbol tree flattening is broken for recursive schemas
</li>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1700'>AVRO-1700</a>] -         avro_BufferStreambuf_hh__ header guard warning 
</li>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1711'>AVRO-1711</a>] -         JsonDecoder.skipChildren skips more than it should.
</li>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1807'>AVRO-1807</a>] -         NullPointerException from Json.ObjectWriter
</li>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1819'>AVRO-1819</a>] -         org.apache.avro.Protocol.parseMessage doesn&#39;t respect request field&#39;s aliases
</li>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1820'>AVRO-1820</a>] -         Read annotations to request&#39;s fields
</li>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1821'>AVRO-1821</a>] -         Avro (Java) Memory Leak in ReflectData Caching
</li>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1824'>AVRO-1824</a>] -         Avro C++ Documentation fix
</li>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1826'>AVRO-1826</a>] -         build.sh rat fails over extra license files and many others.
</li>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1832'>AVRO-1832</a>] -         Invoking toString() method unexpectedly modified the avro record.
</li>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1845'>AVRO-1845</a>] -         Invoking toString() method unexpectedly modified the avro record.
</li>
</ul>
            
<h2>        New Feature
</h2>
<ul>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1684'>AVRO-1684</a>] -         Add date, time, and timestamp to specific object model classes
</li>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1833'>AVRO-1833</a>] -         Release 1.8.1
</li>
</ul>
    
<h2>        Improvement
</h2>
<ul>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1784'>AVRO-1784</a>] -         Should have a C++ json encoder that pretty prints.
</li>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1823'>AVRO-1823</a>] -         DataFileStream to include the exception when reading of the magic fail
</li>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1825'>AVRO-1825</a>] -         Allow running build.sh dist under git
</li>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1829'>AVRO-1829</a>] -         C++ documentation improvements
</li>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1834'>AVRO-1834</a>] -         Lower the Javadoc warnings on the generated code.
</li>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1835'>AVRO-1835</a>] -         Running tests using JDK 1.8 complains about MaxPermSize
</li>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1838'>AVRO-1838</a>] -         Ensure Checkstyle enforces trailing spaces rule
</li>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1839'>AVRO-1839</a>] -         Update the gitignore files to hide generated files
</li>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1840'>AVRO-1840</a>] -         Ensure that build.sh clean really cleans all generated files
</li>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1841'>AVRO-1841</a>] -         Add clientside githooks to do basic commit validation
</li>
<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1977'>AVRO-1977</a>] -         Arrays of Imported Types in Schema Definition
</li>
</ul>