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index 0833fae..7ed0e84 100644
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index 332fbb9..e498483 100644
--- a/distributedlog-client/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distributedlog-core/pom.xml b/distributedlog-core/pom.xml
index c05ea54..eaf50b1 100644
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diff --git a/distributedlog-example/pom.xml b/distributedlog-example/pom.xml
index 9b29b35..8063fd0 100644
--- a/distributedlog-example/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distributedlog-protocol/pom.xml b/distributedlog-protocol/pom.xml
index a21b0e6..caba4da 100644
--- a/distributedlog-protocol/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distributedlog-service/pom.xml b/distributedlog-service/pom.xml
index 7660f5e..9bd23ac 100644
--- a/distributedlog-service/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distributedlog-tutorials/distributedlog-basic/pom.xml b/distributedlog-tutorials/distributedlog-basic/pom.xml
index e5644ed..9400bb9 100644
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diff --git a/distributedlog-tutorials/distributedlog-kafka/pom.xml b/distributedlog-tutorials/distributedlog-kafka/pom.xml
index bb1e730..e57fb10 100644
--- a/distributedlog-tutorials/distributedlog-kafka/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distributedlog-tutorials/distributedlog-mapreduce/pom.xml b/distributedlog-tutorials/distributedlog-mapreduce/pom.xml
index 371cdf5..2fe3a63 100644
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index a80f359..0b70d5f 100644
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diff --git a/distributedlog-tutorials/pom.xml b/distributedlog-tutorials/pom.xml
index 7aa19c8..2dc22d9 100644
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 74e49b6..6c7af26 100644
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