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+# Change Log
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+
+## [Unreleased]
+### Added
+No Items
+
+### Changed
+No Items
+
+## [0.3.8] - 2017-06-15
+### Checkpoints
+- Merge on Read tested end to end. Ingestion - Hive Registration - Querying non-nested fields
+
+### New Features
+- [#149](https://github.com/uber/hoodie/issues/149)  Introduce custom log format (HoodieLogFormat) for the log files
+- [#141](https://github.com/uber/hoodie/issues/141) Introduce Compaction Strategies for Merge on Read table and implement UnboundedCompactionStrategy and IOBoundedCompactionStrategy
+- [#42](https://github.com/uber/hoodie/issues/42) Implement HoodieRealtimeInputFormat and HoodieRealtimeRecordReader
+- [#150](https://github.com/uber/hoodie/issues/150) Rewrite hoodie-hive to incrementally sync partitions based on the last commit that was sucessfully synced
+
+### Changes
+- [Updated community committership guidelines](https://github.com/uber/hoodie/commit/1b0a0279428fc406d44db2fda6d6bf705cd1eb10)
+- [Add GCS support](https://github.com/uber/hoodie/commit/43a55b09fdc64368f5bbaf17980233b84cf33760)
+- [Add S3 support](https://github.com/uber/hoodie/commit/d6f94b998dc3b98308b86c4a6cd11e2a250a8913)
+- [Support for viewFS](https://github.com/uber/hoodie/commit/3c984447da754e85bafeac81a790efdc5fee42dc)
+
+Commits: [21e334...4b26be](https://github.com/uber/hoodie/compare/21e334592f30ef055097439ad5ca1fdf7debb78d...4b26be9f6178dde6cace2ed87ae3d2ae8b4ac827)
diff --git a/docs/community.md b/docs/community.md
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@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ We :heart: contributions. If you find a bug in the library or would like to add
 issues or pull requests against this repo. Before you do so, please sign the
 [Uber CLA](https://docs.google.com/a/uber.com/forms/d/1pAwS_-dA1KhPlfxzYLBqK6rsSWwRwH95OCCZrcsY5rk/viewform).
 Also, be sure to write unit tests for your bug fix or feature to show that it works as expected.
+If the reviewer feels this contributions needs to be in the release notes, please add it to CHANGELOG.md as well.
 
 If you want to participate in day-day conversations, please join our [slack group](https://hoodielib.slack.com/x-147852474016-157730502112/signup).
 If you are from select pre-listed email domains, you can self signup. Others, please add your email onto this [issue](https://github.com/uber/hoodie/issues/143)
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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                 <version>4.0.0</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
-
         </dependencies>
 
     </dependencyManagement>
@@ -658,4 +657,9 @@
             </build>
         </profile>
     </profiles>
+
+    <issueManagement>
+        <system>GitHub</system>
+        <url>https://github.com/uber/hoodie/issues</url>
+    </issueManagement>
 </project>