Preparing hbase-thirdparty release 4.1.9RC0; tagging and updates to CHANGES.md and RELEASENOTES.md

Signed-off-by: Duo Zhang <[email protected]>

Author: Apache9

CHANGES.md

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 # HBASE Changelog
 
+## Release thirdparty-4.1.9 - Unreleased (as of 2024-09-23)
+
+
+
+### SUB-TASKS:
+
+| JIRA | Summary | Priority | Component |
+|:---- |:---- | :--- |:---- |
+| [HBASE-28869](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-28869) | [hbase-thirdparty] Bump protobuf java to 4.27.5+ |  Major | Protobufs, security, thirdparty |
+| [HBASE-28871](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-28871) | [hbase-thirdparty] Bump dependency versions before releasing |  Major | dependencies, thirdparty |
+
+
+### OTHER:
+
+| JIRA | Summary | Priority | Component |
+|:---- |:---- | :--- |:---- |
+| [HBASE-28794](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-28794) | [hbase-thirdparty] Enable infra automation: autolink to Jira and 'pull-request-available' label |  Minor | community |
+
+
 ## Release thirdparty-4.1.8 - Unreleased (as of 2024-08-17)
 
 

RELEASENOTES.md

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 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
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+# HBASE  thirdparty-4.1.9 Release Notes
+
+These release notes cover new developer and user-facing incompatibilities, important issues, features, and major improvements.
+
+
+---
+
+* [HBASE-28869](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-28869) | *Major* | **[hbase-thirdparty] Bump protobuf java to 4.27.5+**
+
+Bump protobuf version from 4.27.3 to 4.28.2.
+
+
+---
+
+* [HBASE-28871](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-28871) | *Major* | **[hbase-thirdparty] Bump dependency versions before releasing**
+
+Bump versions for these dependencies
+
+netty 4.1.112.Final -\> 4.1.113.Final
+netty-tcnative 2.0.61.Final -\> 2.0.66.Final
+guava 33.2.1-jre -\> 33.3.0-jre
+commons-cli 1.8.0 -\> 1.9.0
+error\_prone\_annotations 2.28.0 -\> 2.32.0
+jetty 9.4.55.v20240627 -\> 9.4.56.v20240826
+jersey.version 2.43 -\> 2.45
+
+
+
 # HBASE  thirdparty-4.1.8 Release Notes
 
 These release notes cover new developer and user-facing incompatibilities, important issues, features, and major improvements.

pom.xml

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   <developers />
   <!--TODO-->
   <properties>
-    <revision>4.1.9-SNAPSHOT</revision>
+    <revision>4.1.9</revision>
     <maven.javadoc.skip>true</maven.javadoc.skip>
     <maven.build.timestamp.format>
       yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm