v1.1.2

• pick up latest mysql-connector-j, fixes #369
• fix an issue where maxwell could skip ahead positions if a leader failed.
• rework buffering code to be much kinder to the GC and JVM heap in case
  of very large transactions / rows inside transactions
• kinder, gentler help text when you specify an option incorrectly

v1.1.1

• fixes a race condition setting the binlog position that would get
  maxwell stuck

v1.1.0

• much more efficient processing of schema updates storage, especially when dealing with large schemas.
• @lileeyao added --exclude-columns and the --jdbc_options features
• @lileeyao added --jdbc_options
• can now blacklist entire databases
• new kafka key format available, using a JSON array instead of an object
• bugfix: unsigned integer columns were captured incorrectly. 1.1 will
  recapture the schema and attempt to correct the error.

v1.1.0-pre4

• Eddie McLean gives some helpful patches around bootstrapping
• Bugfixes for the patch-up-the-schema code around unsigned ints

v1.1.0-pre3

• forgot to include some updates that back-patch unsigned column
  problems

v1.1.0-pre2

• fix performance issues when capturing schema in AWS Aurora
• fix a bug in capturing unsigned integer columns

v1.0.1

• fixes a parsing bug with CURRENT_TIMESTAMP()

v1.0.0, Maxwell learns to speak

Since v0.17.0, Maxwell has gotten:

• bootstrapping support
• blacklisting for tables
• flexible kafka partitioning
• replication heartbeats
• GEOMETRY columns
• a whole lotta lotta bugfixes

and I, Osheroff, think the damn thing is stable enough for a 1.0. So
there.

v1.0.0-RC3

pull in support for replication heartbeats. helps in the flakier
network environs.

v1.0.0-RC2

• fixes the way ALTER DATABASE charset= was handled
• adds proper handling of ALTER TABLE CONVERT TO CHARSET