[maven-release-plugin] rollback the release of fullstack-0.2.8
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-common/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-common/pom.xml
index 969931b..7d89558 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-common/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-common/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml
index 08f9bfe..cab7c33 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-compiler/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>algebricks-rewriter</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>algebricks-core</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-core/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-core/pom.xml
index 9a1bd0a..6e8bb95 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-core/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-core/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -41,27 +41,27 @@
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-rtree</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>algebricks-runtime</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>algebricks-common</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-data/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-data/pom.xml
index b5918d5..2835138 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-data/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-data/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>algebricks-common</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/pom.xml
index f984625..130790f 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 		<artifactId>algebricks-examples</artifactId>
-		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<build>
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>algebricks-compiler</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-examples/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-examples/pom.xml
index abb0747..ad308ce 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-examples/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/pom.xml
index 8c936ea..cb5f5bd 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-rewriter/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>algebricks-core</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/pom.xml
index 835b255..15e86ef 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -41,27 +41,27 @@
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-rtree</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>algebricks-common</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>algebricks-data</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/algebricks/algebricks-tests/pom.xml b/algebricks/algebricks-tests/pom.xml
index e687637..66c1a38 100644
--- a/algebricks/algebricks-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/algebricks-tests/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>algebricks-compiler</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -110,17 +110,17 @@
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/algebricks/pom.xml b/algebricks/pom.xml
index 16ca5c8..67c3c9c 100644
--- a/algebricks/pom.xml
+++ b/algebricks/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>algebricks</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>algebricks</name>
 
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-common/pom.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-common/pom.xml
index 5b0c8bb..79fa05b 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-common/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>hivesterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<build>
@@ -39,21 +39,21 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>algebricks-compiler</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hivesterix-serde</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml
index f041640..5a00498 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 		<artifactId>hivesterix</artifactId>
-		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -29,35 +29,35 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hivesterix-translator</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hivesterix-optimizer</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>algebricks-compiler</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-optimizer/pom.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-optimizer/pom.xml
index 450d45d..ad0f9bf 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-optimizer/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-optimizer/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>hivesterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>hivesterix-optimizer</artifactId>
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hivesterix-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hivesterix-translator</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml
index edd7915..5cab295 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	<parent>
                 <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
                 <artifactId>hivesterix</artifactId>
-                <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </parent>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -106,35 +106,35 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>algebricks-compiler</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hivesterix-serde</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hivesterix-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-serde/pom.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-serde/pom.xml
index 3688058..9ec1973 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-serde/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-serde/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>hivesterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>hivesterix-serde</artifactId>
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>algebricks-compiler</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/hivesterix/hivesterix-translator/pom.xml b/hivesterix/hivesterix-translator/pom.xml
index fdd47b8..a2fe3f4 100644
--- a/hivesterix/hivesterix-translator/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/hivesterix-translator/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>hivesterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<build>
@@ -44,21 +44,21 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>algebricks-compiler</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hivesterix-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hivesterix-runtime</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/hivesterix/pom.xml b/hivesterix/pom.xml
index 60c4736..51bea52 100644
--- a/hivesterix/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 	<artifactId>hivesterix</artifactId>
-	<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>hivesterix</name>
 
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml
index 818cbce..b8c888b 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-ipc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-client/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-client/pom.xml
index 4c6897b..3a73411 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-client/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -39,22 +39,22 @@
  <dependency>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-net</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-comm</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </dependency>
   <dependency>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-comm/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-comm/pom.xml
index 3b9aab2..1504b1a 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-comm/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-comm/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@
  <dependency>
  	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
  	<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
- 	<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+ 	<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </dependency>
   <dependency>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-net</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/pom.xml
index e1c539b..ba9e8d0 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-control</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/pom.xml
index cc5853a..4c447be 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-common/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-control</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/pom.xml
index ada388d..7a4ac35 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-nc/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-control</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -40,19 +40,19 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-net</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-comm</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <reporting>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-control/pom.xml
index 7502ed7..5434acb 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml
index d4c5d0d..7eb75e3 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-data</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   	<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  	<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-data/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-data/pom.xml
index 5e17d2b..017b0c2 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-data/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-data/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/pom.xml
index 279b128..37432f1 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-hadoop/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-hadoop/pom.xml
index a8231a5..c81b7da 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-hadoop/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-hadoop/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml
index c97c3c4..3598992 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dist/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/pom.xml
index d995fac..7f07e45 100755
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dist/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>hyracks-dist</artifactId>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-documentation/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-documentation/pom.xml
index db092fd..7f5ac1b 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-documentation/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-documentation/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
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   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
index 7b0a78b..406aab4 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeclient/pom.xml
@@ -20,26 +20,26 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>btree-example</artifactId>
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   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
   		<artifactId>btreehelper</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
index 6191c48..bc1bb7b 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreehelper/pom.xml
@@ -20,32 +20,32 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
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-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/pom.xml
index 1d7e6d2..bbd96fb 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/btreeserver/pom.xml
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
   <artifactId>btreeserver</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>btreeserver</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>btree-example</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -77,20 +77,20 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.btree</groupId>
   		<artifactId>btreehelper</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/pom.xml
index 69acce12..ff4cf52 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/btree-example/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
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   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
index e546379..9a93c18 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
@@ -21,20 +21,20 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
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   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hadoopcompathelper</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml
index d55ee73..4f1020b 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml
@@ -21,20 +21,20 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
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   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
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+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/pom.xml
index ccde502..b04efaf 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatserver/pom.xml
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoopcompatserver</artifactId>
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   <name>hadoopcompatserver</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>hadoop-compat-example</artifactId>
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   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
       <plugin>
       	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
       	<artifactId>hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      	<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      	<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <configuration>
           <hyracksServerHome>${basedir}/target/hadoopcompatserver-${project.version}-binary-assembly</hyracksServerHome>
           <jvmOptions>${jvm.extraargs}</jvmOptions>
@@ -149,27 +149,27 @@
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         <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoopcompathelper</artifactId>
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         <scope>compile</scope>
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   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
      <dependency>
         <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
   	    <artifactId>hadoopcompatclient</artifactId>
-  	    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	    <type>jar</type>
   	    <scope>test</scope>
      </dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
index 1cd43d6..08fd746 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-examples</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
          <artifactId>hyracks-hadoop-compat</artifactId>
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+         <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
          <type>jar</type>
          <scope>compile</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/pom.xml
index f34a22f..33818a0 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 		<artifactId>hyracks-examples</artifactId>
-		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
@@ -46,75 +46,75 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-rtree</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
   	    <dependency>
             <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
             <artifactId>hyracks-client</artifactId>
-            <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <type>jar</type>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/pom.xml
index 5c57358..e4ca365 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
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-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
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   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml
index 2729336..f059d56 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml
index e066e24..ab79258 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textclient/pom.xml
@@ -20,20 +20,20 @@
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     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
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-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
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   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>texthelper</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/texthelper/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/texthelper/pom.xml
index 8389688..0d42c6a 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/texthelper/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/texthelper/pom.xml
@@ -20,26 +20,26 @@
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-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
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   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/pom.xml
index c11dc37..e04934c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/text-example/textserver/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
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   </parent>
 
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@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
       <plugin>
       	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
       	<artifactId>hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      	<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      	<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <configuration>
           <hyracksServerHome>${basedir}/target/textserver-${project.version}-binary-assembly</hyracksServerHome>
           <jvmOptions>${jvm.extraargs}</jvmOptions>
@@ -148,27 +148,27 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>texthelper</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>textclient</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>test</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml
index 2f37f82..c2c0b0b 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/pom.xml
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index 8720bfc..23f7a9c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchclient/pom.xml
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   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
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   		<scope>compile</scope>
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   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/pom.xml
index 5446c24..f1ad9ce 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/tpch-example/tpchserver/pom.xml
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@@ -76,25 +76,25 @@
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     <dependency>
     	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     	<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-    	<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     </dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
index 129584d..0d20e0a 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hadoop-compat/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
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diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2/pom.xml
index 7d024ab..2eba120 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.20.2/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	<parent>
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 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<build>
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
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 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
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 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
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diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1/pom.xml
index bbe0fe8..1791e92 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-0.23.1/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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-		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
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 	</parent>
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
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diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml
index 3fd445d..1d8f495 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<build>
@@ -192,31 +192,31 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
index 428f701..ef5b22c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-ipc/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-ipc/pom.xml
index 911ff7c..d0769ac 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-ipc/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-ipc/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index eabf8bf..b563547 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/hyracks-virtualcluster-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-maven-plugins</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/pom.xml
index 0586741..448c846 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-maven-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-net/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-net/pom.xml
index cbcab9c..c273da8 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-net/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-net/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml
index 995b827..e817a9d 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-server/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter/pom.xml
index b3877da..72700db 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/pom.xml
index 5dad142..5590c9d 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-btree/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -41,28 +41,28 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
         <dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/pom.xml
index 64f2ddb..80866b6 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-common/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -41,28 +41,28 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/pom.xml
index be582e85..1085b7c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -39,21 +39,21 @@
     <dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency> 
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency> 
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/pom.xml
index 51ce0dd..97e2698 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -39,21 +39,21 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/pom.xml
index 6891047..be03ee8 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 	    </dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/pom.xml
index 99c9b17..a561135 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -39,21 +39,21 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-rtree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  		
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/pom.xml
index fdc3d3c..350a782 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -41,21 +41,21 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/pom.xml
index ed8e88c..16b3cfe 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/pom.xml
index 641611c..32cbec0 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-test-support/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -41,33 +41,33 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-rtree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter-test/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter-test/pom.xml
index 213e667..57e42cc 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter-test/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-bloomfilter</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>test</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/pom.xml
index 9d421a3..63e099c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-btree-test/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>test</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/pom.xml
index bfaebd8..4e68627 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree-test/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -39,20 +39,20 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>  	
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/pom.xml
index be98009..8f60419 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common-test/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/pom.xml
index 6b08d45..f7ec84b 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex-test/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>hyracks-tests</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
-		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
@@ -40,21 +40,21 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/pom.xml
index 6b7a973..a9a8f52 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree-test/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml
index 8c4bf9c..254c01f 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-rtree</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>test</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/pom.xml
index 5345396..6c43ccd 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-common-test/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-storage-common</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hyracks-test-support</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/pom.xml
index 9f2e0e1..ac0d8f8 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/hyracks/pom.xml b/hyracks/pom.xml
index 4e8d3e3..563d60d 100644
--- a/hyracks/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>hyracks</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>hyracks</name>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 45bf31f..d571033 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>fullstack</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>hyracks-ecosystem-full-stack</name>
 
diff --git a/pregelix/pom.xml b/pregelix/pom.xml
index b8be121..373ecb5 100644
--- a/pregelix/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
   <artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>pregelix</name>
 
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml
index a92348a..e03be76 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-api/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 		<dependency>
                         <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
                         <artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-core</artifactId>
-                        <version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                        <version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
                         <type>jar</type>
                         <scope>compile</scope>
                 </dependency>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
index c984ab8..1c940fe 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-core/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 
@@ -209,84 +209,84 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-dataflow</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-runtime</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-integration-tests</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-ipc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml
index fade226..f751c42 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std-base/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	<parent>
     		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-    		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</parent>
 
 
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml
index d628e91..7c1c1fa 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow-std/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 
@@ -88,84 +88,84 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-dataflow-std-base</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-hdfs-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-btree</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-ipc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
index ed4d9ed..7bb8949 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dataflow/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 
@@ -83,75 +83,75 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-dataflow-std-base</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-ipc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-dist/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-dist/pom.xml
index 95ee7b5..9bbadcf 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-dist/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>pregelix-dist</artifactId>
 	<name>pregelix-dist</name>
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-example</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml
index 4629824..e2f476b 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-example/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<build>
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml b/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
index dfba443..3ceb13f 100644
--- a/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/pregelix/pregelix-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	<parent>
     		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
     		<artifactId>pregelix</artifactId>
-    		<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    		<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	</parent>
 
 
@@ -88,89 +88,89 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pregelix-dataflow</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-api</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-dataflow-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-data-std</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-btree</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-cc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-control-nc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hyracks-ipc</artifactId>
-			<version>0.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.2.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>