[ANNOUNCE] Apache ZooKeeper 3.0.0

[Patrick Hunt <ph...@apache.org>]

The Apache ZooKeeper team is proud to announce our first official Apache 
release, version 3.0.0 of ZooKeeper.

ZooKeeper is a high-performance coordination service for distributed 
applications. It exposes common services - such as naming, configuration 
management, synchronization, and group services - in a simple interface 
so you don't have to write them from scratch. You can use it 
off-the-shelf to implement consensus, group management, leader election, 
and presence protocols. And you can build on it for your own, specific 
needs.

Version 3.0.0 is a major version upgrade from our previous 2.2.1 release 
on SourceForge, it addresses over 100 issues. If you are upgrading be 
sure to review the 3.0.0 release notes for migration instructions.

For ZooKeeper release details and downloads, visit:
http://hadoop.apache.org/zookeeper/releases.html

ZooKeeper 3.0.0 Release Notes and Migration Instructions are at:
http://hadoop.apache.org/zookeeper/docs/r3.0.0/releasenotes.html

Regards,

The ZooKeeper Team