Github user jeking3 commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/thrift/pull/1468#discussion_r161412135
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+# This file is shared currently between this Gradle build and the
+# Ant builds for fd303 and JavaScript. Keep the dotted notation for
+# the properties to minimize the changes in the dependencies.
+thrift.version=1.0.0
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There is a release process.
https://thrift.apache.org/docs/committers/HowToRelease
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