Preparing to release 3.4.0-RC1
diff --git a/apps/filecopy/pom.xml b/apps/filecopy/pom.xml
index 4daf7b2..32bf86d 100644
--- a/apps/filecopy/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/filecopy/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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     <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
-    <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>filecopy</artifactId>
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
       <artifactId>malhar-library</artifactId>
-      <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>3.4.0</version>
       <exclusions>
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           <groupId>*</groupId>
diff --git a/apps/logstream/pom.xml b/apps/logstream/pom.xml
index 3bfa825..b41c7e8 100644
--- a/apps/logstream/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/logstream/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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-    <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
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   <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
diff --git a/apps/pom.xml b/apps/pom.xml
index 32f4160..58dfbc7 100644
--- a/apps/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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   <artifactId>malhar-apps</artifactId>
diff --git a/benchmark/pom.xml b/benchmark/pom.xml
index 408ec0e..86e7103 100644
--- a/benchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmark/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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   <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
diff --git a/contrib/pom.xml b/contrib/pom.xml
index cfc55db..374739c 100755
--- a/contrib/pom.xml
+++ b/contrib/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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-    <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4.0</version>
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   <artifactId>malhar-contrib</artifactId>
diff --git a/demos/distributedistinct/pom.xml b/demos/distributedistinct/pom.xml
index 4c3a01c..9583628 100644
--- a/demos/distributedistinct/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/distributedistinct/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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     <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4.0</version>
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   <properties>
diff --git a/demos/echoserver/pom.xml b/demos/echoserver/pom.xml
index 63dc20c..943d767 100644
--- a/demos/echoserver/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/echoserver/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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     <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
-    <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4.0</version>
   </parent>
   
   <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
diff --git a/demos/frauddetect/pom.xml b/demos/frauddetect/pom.xml
index f2db28b..ec98574 100644
--- a/demos/frauddetect/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/frauddetect/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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     <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/demos/iteration/pom.xml b/demos/iteration/pom.xml
index b4a9890..262361d 100644
--- a/demos/iteration/pom.xml
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <parent>
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     <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4.0</version>
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 </project>
diff --git a/demos/machinedata/pom.xml b/demos/machinedata/pom.xml
index 9bba3b8..96b8ce0 100644
--- a/demos/machinedata/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/machinedata/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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     <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/demos/mobile/pom.xml b/demos/mobile/pom.xml
index 6cb84c2..eb8d6b7 100644
--- a/demos/mobile/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/mobile/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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     <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/demos/mrmonitor/pom.xml b/demos/mrmonitor/pom.xml
index 5eaca53..045f379 100644
--- a/demos/mrmonitor/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/mrmonitor/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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     <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
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+    <version>3.4.0</version>
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   <properties>
diff --git a/demos/mroperator/pom.xml b/demos/mroperator/pom.xml
index 3812874..ad1b384 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 016a6cd..457f2eb 100644
--- a/demos/pi/pom.xml
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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-    <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
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   <dependencies>
diff --git a/demos/pom.xml b/demos/pom.xml
index fc4c070..a20c374 100644
--- a/demos/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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+    <version>3.4.0</version>
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   <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
diff --git a/demos/r/pom.xml b/demos/r/pom.xml
index fd81dbe..667e12f 100644
--- a/demos/r/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/r/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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-    <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/demos/twitter/pom.xml b/demos/twitter/pom.xml
index 87192e1..093ef62 100644
--- a/demos/twitter/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/twitter/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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     <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4.0</version>
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   <properties>
diff --git a/demos/uniquecount/pom.xml b/demos/uniquecount/pom.xml
index 2accd90..ad11c08 100644
--- a/demos/uniquecount/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/uniquecount/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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     <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
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   <properties>
diff --git a/demos/wordcount/pom.xml b/demos/wordcount/pom.xml
index a605cd2..a8f00d4 100644
--- a/demos/wordcount/pom.xml
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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     <artifactId>malhar-demos</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/demos/yahoofinance/pom.xml b/demos/yahoofinance/pom.xml
index 34a9635..9a8f9be 100644
--- a/demos/yahoofinance/pom.xml
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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-    <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
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   <properties>
diff --git a/kafka/pom.xml b/kafka/pom.xml
index a8a3cea..48edbc3 100755
--- a/kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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     <artifactId>malhar</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4.0</version>
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   <artifactId>malhar-kafka</artifactId>
diff --git a/library/pom.xml b/library/pom.xml
index 7c23609..1fe97e4 100644
--- a/library/pom.xml
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@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
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+    <version>3.4.0</version>
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   <artifactId>malhar-library</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6bdf66e..602d61b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
   <artifactId>malhar</artifactId>
-  <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.4.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Apache Apex Malhar</name>
   <url>http://apex.apache.org</url>
diff --git a/samples/pom.xml b/samples/pom.xml
index 67df7b5..b982f62 100644
--- a/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
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     <artifactId>malhar</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4.0</version>
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   <artifactId>malhar-samples</artifactId>
diff --git a/stream/pom.xml b/stream/pom.xml
index 0348236..22d2e29 100755
--- a/stream/pom.xml
+++ b/stream/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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-    <version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.4.0</version>
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   <artifactId>malhar-stream</artifactId>