ZooKeeper 3.5.5-rc6 release.
ZOOKEEPER-3375: Docs enhancements for 3.5 release

I need this PR to be merged to 3.5 before creating a new RC.

- Backport latest release notes to 3.5
- Added comments on compiling with Java 8

Author: Andor Molnar <andor@apache.org>

Reviewers: andor@apache.org

Closes #928 from anmolnar/ZOOKEEPER-3375 and squashes the following commits:

bdb828194 [Andor Molnar] ZOOKEEPER-3375. Some styling fixes
186ce54bc [Andor Molnar] ZOOKEEPER-3375. Backported release notes to 3.5. Added comments on compiling with Java 8.

Conflicts:
	zookeeper-docs/src/main/resources/markdown/releasenotes.md
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tree: 6bfc57996feb3e1ef45abbb42b52ac8b5ee3fb53
  1. bin/
  2. conf/
  3. zookeeper-assembly/
  4. zookeeper-client/
  5. zookeeper-contrib/
  6. zookeeper-docs/
  7. zookeeper-it/
  8. zookeeper-jute/
  9. zookeeper-recipes/
  10. zookeeper-server/
  11. .gitattributes
  12. .gitignore
  13. .travis.yml
  14. build.xml
  15. excludeFindBugsFilter.xml
  16. ivy.xml
  17. ivysettings.xml
  18. LICENSE.txt
  19. NOTICE.txt
  20. owaspSuppressions.xml
  21. pom.xml
  22. README.md
  23. README_packaging.txt
README.md

Apache ZooKeeper

alt text

For the latest information about Apache ZooKeeper, please visit our website at:

http://zookeeper.apache.org/

and our wiki, at:

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/ZOOKEEPER

Packaging/release artifacts

Either downloaded from https://zookeeper.apache.org/releases.html or found in zookeeper-assembly/target directory after building the project with maven.

apache-zookeeper-[version].tar.gz

    Contains all the source files which can be built by running:
    mvn clean install

    To generate an aggregated apidocs for zookeeper-server and zookeeper-jute:
    mvn javadoc:aggregate
    (generated files will be at target/site/apidocs)

apache-zookeeper-[version]-bin.tar.gz

    Contains all the jar files required to run ZooKeeper
    Full documentation can also be found in the docs folder

As of version 3.5.5, the parent, zookeeper and zookeeper-jute artifacts are deployed to the central repository after the release is voted on and approved by the Apache ZooKeeper PMC:

https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/zookeeper/zookeeper/

Java 8

If you are going to compile with Java 1.8, you should use a recent release at u211 or above.

Contributing

We always welcome new contributors to the project! See How to Contribute for details on how to submit patch through pull request and our contribution workflow.