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Release 3.0 FAQ

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By all means, start with the 3.0 version. It offers much simpler Java API, better accompanying applications and documentation. The only reason you might want to stick with the 2.x line is when your software must run under JDK 1.4, which Carrot2 v3.0 does not support.
If you'd like to take advantage of the improved clustering quality in version 3.0 and new features planned for further 3.x releases, you should migrate.
If you are using Carrot2 Java API, download the 3.0 release Java API package and replace the calls to Carrot2 API in your software where appropriate. If you are using the Document Clustering Server (DCS), download the 3.0 release DCS run your software against it. The changes in the DCS API were very minor, mainly to introduce consistent parameter naming.
The 2.x line entered the maintenance mode with all new features being added to the 3.x line and the 2.x line being limited to bug fixes only.
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