release 1.0.6 coinciding with ML Server release 6.0-6

release 3.0.3 coinciding with ML Server release 8.0-3

release 3.0.2 coinciding with ML Server release 8.0-2

release 2.0.5 coinciding with ML Server release 7.0-5

Merge branch 'release-3.0.1'

Merge branch 'release-3.0.0-EA3'

updating version

Merge branch 'release-3.0.0-EA2'