Prepare 2.5.1 release

CHANGES.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 ***************************************************************************
 2.5.1
- * Introduce shaded version of the main artifact
+ * Introduce shaded version of the main artifact to fix integration with Databricks Cloud
+ * Exclude com.github.jnr and org.apache.tinkerpop dependencies to fix --packages
+ * Improve Astra connection properties
 
 2.5.0
  * LTS Release for Spark 2.4

README.md

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 | What       | Where |
 | ---------- | ----- |
 | Community  | Chat with us at [Datastax and Cassandra Q&A](https://community.datastax.com/index.html) |
-| Scala Docs | Most Recent Release (2.5.0): [Spark-Cassandra-Connector](https://datastax.github.io/spark-cassandra-connector/ApiDocs/2.5.0/#package)|
-| Latest Production Release | [2.5.0](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.datastax.spark/spark-cassandra-connector_2.11/2.5.0) |
-| Latest Preview Release | [3.0.0-alpha2](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.datastax.spark/spark-cassandra-connector_2.12/3.0.0-alpha2) | 
+| Scala Docs | Most Recent Release (2.5.1): [Spark-Cassandra-Connector](https://datastax.github.io/spark-cassandra-connector/ApiDocs/2.5.1/connector/index.html#com.datastax.spark.connector.package), [Spark-Cassandra-Connector-Driver](https://datastax.github.io/spark-cassandra-connector/ApiDocs/2.5.1/driver/#package)|
+| Latest Production Release | [2.5.1](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.datastax.spark/spark-cassandra-connector_2.11/2.5.1) |
+| Latest Preview Release | [3.0.0-beta](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.datastax.spark/spark-cassandra-connector_2.12/3.0.0-beta) | 
 ## Features
 
 *Lightning-fast cluster computing with Apache Spark™ and Apache Cassandra®.*
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ development for the next connector release in progress.
 ## Hosted API Docs
 API documentation for the Scala and Java interfaces are available online:
 
-### 2.5.0
-* [Spark-Cassandra-Connector](https://datastax.github.io/spark-cassandra-connector/ApiDocs/2.5.0/#package)
+### 2.5.1
+* [Spark-Cassandra-Connector](https://datastax.github.io/spark-cassandra-connector/ApiDocs/2.5.1/#package)
 
 ### 2.4.2
 * [Spark-Cassandra-Connector](http://datastax.github.io/spark-cassandra-connector/ApiDocs/2.4.2/spark-cassandra-connector/)
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ This project has also been published to the Maven Central Repository.
 For SBT to download the connector binaries, sources and javadoc, put this in your project
 SBT config:
 
-    libraryDependencies += "com.datastax.spark" %% "spark-cassandra-connector" % "2.5.0"
+    libraryDependencies += "com.datastax.spark" %% "spark-cassandra-connector" % "2.5.1"
 
 * The default Scala version for Spark 2.0+ is 2.11 please choose the appropriate build. See the
 [FAQ](doc/FAQ.md) for more information

doc/13_spark_shell.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Find additional versions at [Spark Packages](https://spark-packages.org/package/
 ```bash
 cd spark/install/dir
 #Include the --master if you want to run against a spark cluster and not local mode
-./bin/spark-shell [--master sparkMasterAddress] --jars yourAssemblyJar --packages com.datastax.spark:spark-cassandra-connector_2.11:2.5.0 --conf spark.cassandra.connection.host=yourCassandraClusterIp
+./bin/spark-shell [--master sparkMasterAddress] --jars yourAssemblyJar --packages com.datastax.spark:spark-cassandra-connector_2.11:2.5.1 --conf spark.cassandra.connection.host=yourCassandraClusterIp
 ```
 
 By default spark will log everything to the console and this may be a bit of an overload. To change this copy and modify the `log4j.properties` template file

doc/15_python.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ https://spark-packages.org/package/datastax/spark-cassandra-connector
 
 ```bash
 ./bin/pyspark \
-  --packages com.datastax.spark:spark-cassandra-connector_2.11:2.5.0
+  --packages com.datastax.spark:spark-cassandra-connector_2.11:2.5.1
 ```
 
 ### Loading a DataFrame in Python