From a04d627140ebd453a774e8f2577d429914a91439 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Shuler <michael@pbandjelly.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 17:14:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update version to 3.0.16

---
 NEWS.txt         | 8 ++++++++
 build.xml        | 2 +-
 debian/changelog | 6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index 7064c5d751..944857b392 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ restore snapshots created with the previous major version using the
 'sstableloader' tool. You can upgrade the file format of your snapshots
 using the provided 'sstableupgrade' tool.
 
+3.0.16
+=====
+
+Upgrading
+---------
+   - Nothing specific to this release, but please see previous upgrading sections,
+     especially if you are upgrading from 2.2.
+
 3.0.15
 =====
 
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 61c1c22092..386bb4dc30 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <property name="debuglevel" value="source,lines,vars"/>
 
     <!-- default version and SCM information -->
-    <property name="base.version" value="3.0.15"/>
+    <property name="base.version" value="3.0.16"/>
     <property name="scm.connection" value="scm:git://git.apache.org/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.developerConnection" value="scm:git://git.apache.org/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.url" value="http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=tree"/>
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f3745e6bd9..d9698c2bfe 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+cassandra (3.0.16) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New release
+
+ -- Michael Shuler <michael@pbandjelly.org>  Tue, 10 Oct 2017 17:13:31 -0500
+
 cassandra (3.0.15) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New release