Hi Sean et al

Seems to me that if we don't do anything, we will have a flurry of support
emails in 4.0.0 as soon as the NLM completes its roll-over.   I can see
several options and wonder which of these would stem the most calls and
provide the least work for source maintainers.

1.  offer a tar file containing the two needed jars with instructions on
setting up new credentials and blanking out fields in the various xml
resources.

2.  for 4.0.0 users that have done no customization whatsoever, offer a tar
file containing the new jars plus pre-modified xml files in desc and in
resources that can just overlay a virgin release.  This should just run as
soon as the user has added the umls key to the environment or command line

3.  for 4.0.0 users that compile their own, provide a tar file containing
the sources plus instructions for modifying xml files and removing obsolete
Junit file.

4.  Create a new 4.0.0.x tag and build new binary and source packs with
pre-blanked xml files   (Obviously this is the most work but may not be
needed)

Is it worth a quick email poll of 4.0.0 users?

Peter

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