Creating an official Apache James release
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In short, just follow the 'standard' process:
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prepare pom for release
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publish snapshot
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prepare release
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stage the release for a vote (don’t forget to close the staging repository)
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vote
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release
Don’t forget to add your key to https://downloads.apache.org/james/KEYS
$ ssh people.apache.org $ cd /www/www.apache.org/dist/james