Preparing to release 3.6.0-RC1
diff --git a/apps/filecopy/pom.xml b/apps/filecopy/pom.xml
index 51674c1..a8d540c 100644
--- a/apps/filecopy/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/filecopy/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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   <artifactId>filecopy</artifactId>
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
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       <exclusions>
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diff --git a/apps/logstream/pom.xml b/apps/logstream/pom.xml
index 5b32738..45fa83f 100644
--- a/apps/logstream/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/logstream/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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   <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
diff --git a/apps/pom.xml b/apps/pom.xml
index b50e32c..7c99646 100644
--- a/apps/pom.xml
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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   <artifactId>malhar-apps</artifactId>
diff --git a/benchmark/pom.xml b/benchmark/pom.xml
index d5451b9..030ee32 100644
--- a/benchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmark/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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diff --git a/contrib/pom.xml b/contrib/pom.xml
index 566d03d..e4e9c7e 100755
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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   <artifactId>malhar-contrib</artifactId>
diff --git a/demos/distributedistinct/pom.xml b/demos/distributedistinct/pom.xml
index 53eb808..67d6733 100644
--- a/demos/distributedistinct/pom.xml
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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   <properties>
diff --git a/demos/echoserver/pom.xml b/demos/echoserver/pom.xml
index 459af21..55685e0 100644
--- a/demos/echoserver/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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diff --git a/demos/frauddetect/pom.xml b/demos/frauddetect/pom.xml
index 2798c3a..6231e16 100644
--- a/demos/frauddetect/pom.xml
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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   <properties>
diff --git a/demos/highlevelapi/pom.xml b/demos/highlevelapi/pom.xml
index 99c98ac..ca23829 100644
--- a/demos/highlevelapi/pom.xml
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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   <build>
diff --git a/demos/iteration/pom.xml b/demos/iteration/pom.xml
index a3b44d7..8bacb6e 100644
--- a/demos/iteration/pom.xml
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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 </project>
diff --git a/demos/machinedata/pom.xml b/demos/machinedata/pom.xml
index e188608..a99f5be 100644
--- a/demos/machinedata/pom.xml
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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   <dependencies>
diff --git a/demos/mobile/pom.xml b/demos/mobile/pom.xml
index 6d54f73..d8e9139 100644
--- a/demos/mobile/pom.xml
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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diff --git a/demos/mrmonitor/pom.xml b/demos/mrmonitor/pom.xml
index a3a13f5..38acf84 100644
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diff --git a/demos/mroperator/pom.xml b/demos/mroperator/pom.xml
index 160daf7..1b1f1b6 100644
--- a/demos/mroperator/pom.xml
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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   <properties>
diff --git a/demos/pi/pom.xml b/demos/pi/pom.xml
index 8976194..0a1936a 100644
--- a/demos/pi/pom.xml
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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   <dependencies>
diff --git a/demos/pom.xml b/demos/pom.xml
index c4fda7a..e67704e 100644
--- a/demos/pom.xml
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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   <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
diff --git a/demos/r/pom.xml b/demos/r/pom.xml
index 33b8090..a66651b 100644
--- a/demos/r/pom.xml
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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   <properties>
diff --git a/demos/sql/pom.xml b/demos/sql/pom.xml
index fd00f58..9cba82a 100644
--- a/demos/sql/pom.xml
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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   <build>
diff --git a/demos/twitter/pom.xml b/demos/twitter/pom.xml
index de522ca..1b10f3f 100644
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diff --git a/demos/uniquecount/pom.xml b/demos/uniquecount/pom.xml
index 10d9555..e2aa712 100644
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diff --git a/demos/wordcount/pom.xml b/demos/wordcount/pom.xml
index 0802920..cb9be8d 100644
--- a/demos/wordcount/pom.xml
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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diff --git a/demos/yahoofinance/pom.xml b/demos/yahoofinance/pom.xml
index d92cf2a..473a752 100644
--- a/demos/yahoofinance/pom.xml
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   <properties>
diff --git a/hive/pom.xml b/hive/pom.xml
index 99d457b..edd786c 100755
--- a/hive/pom.xml
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   <artifactId>malhar-hive</artifactId>
diff --git a/kafka/pom.xml b/kafka/pom.xml
index e9683e1..34f2771 100755
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   <artifactId>malhar-kafka</artifactId>
diff --git a/library/pom.xml b/library/pom.xml
index 3242822..b6bd7fc 100644
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   <artifactId>malhar-library</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index da7c38b..396cf3d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
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+  <version>3.6.0</version>
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diff --git a/samples/pom.xml b/samples/pom.xml
index 9eb3c36..4dbb7eb 100644
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diff --git a/sql/pom.xml b/sql/pom.xml
index c5d96c5..10d4442 100644
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diff --git a/stream/pom.xml b/stream/pom.xml
index 8909c30..4e1c22d 100755
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