Preparing to release 3.5.0-RC1
diff --git a/apps/filecopy/pom.xml b/apps/filecopy/pom.xml
index 263f4be..1911693 100644
--- a/apps/filecopy/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/filecopy/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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+    <version>3.5.0</version>
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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 c47b49e..5247ad7 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 4439b3e..5d4ff68 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 239d9fa..2cb4441 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 1c5be13..c8f51f8 100755
--- a/contrib/pom.xml
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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 0483ba8..dc30eb7 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 a02aacc..c156ea9 100644
--- a/demos/echoserver/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/echoserver/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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   <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
diff --git a/demos/frauddetect/pom.xml b/demos/frauddetect/pom.xml
index 0003baa..b0a6fb5 100644
--- a/demos/frauddetect/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/frauddetect/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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+    <version>3.5.0</version>
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   <properties>
diff --git a/demos/highlevelapi/pom.xml b/demos/highlevelapi/pom.xml
index cde0c83..066afc1 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 11cc4ef..3824b64 100644
--- a/demos/iteration/pom.xml
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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+    <version>3.5.0</version>
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 </project>
diff --git a/demos/machinedata/pom.xml b/demos/machinedata/pom.xml
index 03a97b9..83fce72 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 733ad35..adfe15e 100644
--- a/demos/mobile/pom.xml
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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   <properties>
diff --git a/demos/mrmonitor/pom.xml b/demos/mrmonitor/pom.xml
index 063f696..3cf43bf 100644
--- a/demos/mrmonitor/pom.xml
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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   <properties>
diff --git a/demos/mroperator/pom.xml b/demos/mroperator/pom.xml
index 868b704..05c6d20 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 c035af6..7579576 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 839a978..2a26da8 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 d3e8d4c..2a244fc 100644
--- a/demos/r/pom.xml
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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   <properties>
diff --git a/demos/twitter/pom.xml b/demos/twitter/pom.xml
index 286cc15..c443cdb 100644
--- a/demos/twitter/pom.xml
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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   <properties>
diff --git a/demos/uniquecount/pom.xml b/demos/uniquecount/pom.xml
index 39b1dd5..838b9ab 100644
--- a/demos/uniquecount/pom.xml
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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   <properties>
diff --git a/demos/wordcount/pom.xml b/demos/wordcount/pom.xml
index 39e2be8..9095a26 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 9ffb486..b143771 100644
--- a/demos/yahoofinance/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/yahoofinance/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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   <properties>
diff --git a/hive/pom.xml b/hive/pom.xml
index 25631f4..62da999 100755
--- a/hive/pom.xml
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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   <artifactId>malhar-hive</artifactId>
diff --git a/kafka/pom.xml b/kafka/pom.xml
index 4f82089..d2ae25a 100755
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   <artifactId>malhar-kafka</artifactId>
diff --git a/library/pom.xml b/library/pom.xml
index a6bdf64..7a80376 100644
--- a/library/pom.xml
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   <artifactId>malhar-library</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4274379..f0a4e7c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
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   <artifactId>malhar</artifactId>
-  <version>3.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.5.0</version>
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   <url>http://apex.apache.org</url>
diff --git a/samples/pom.xml b/samples/pom.xml
index a2eaa65..9b773af 100644
--- a/samples/pom.xml
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@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
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diff --git a/stream/pom.xml b/stream/pom.xml
index 445be92..5cd31fe 100755
--- a/stream/pom.xml
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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