diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cab1f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Set the default behavior, in case people don't have core.autocrlf set.
+* text=auto
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8843217..75b9c92 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 esac],[debugtest=false])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([DEBUG_TEST], [test x$debugtest = xtrue])
 
-LT_VERSION_NUMBER=0:0:0
+LT_VERSION_NUMBER=3:0:0
 
 AC_SUBST(LT_VERSION_NUMBER)
 AC_SUBST(VERSION)
diff --git a/createRelease.txt b/createRelease.txt
index 6443e94..8a1f531 100644
--- a/createRelease.txt
+++ b/createRelease.txt
@@ -18,11 +18,10 @@
 2. checkout source from the tag
 	svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/uima/uimacpp/tag/uimacpp-X.Y.Z
 
-3. Modify configure.ac 
-   Update package version number specified in AC_INIT call.
+3. Make sure configure.ac has the desired package version numbers in AC_INIT and library version in LT_VERSION_NUMBER. Update source control if necessary.
    Update the  library number by modifying LT_VERSION_NUMBER following the 
       libtool version numbering convention. This is summarized on the
-      wiki page https://cwiki.apache.org/UIMA/proposed-changes-to-uima-c-build-and-packaging.html.
+      wiki page https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=25201320
 
 4. Run autogen.sh to generate new configure script
    check into svn the generated output files.