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+# Build and Release of Spring AMQP
+
+Should be relatively straightforward
+
+> **Requirements:**
+>
+> * Java 6;
+> * Maven 2.2.1
+> * (Optional) Ant 1.7.1;
+> * If you are on Linux don't use Maven or Ant installed by root (file
+>    permission issues with `mvn deploy` - download it and install
+>    it as yourself).
+
+## Tagging
+
+Before a release, a tag needs to be created and a final sanity check done.  To do this, a tag is created using Maven and version numbers updated.
+
+To save some time typing version labels, use this (replace version numbers as necessary):
+
+    $ mvn release:prepare -Dtag=X.X.X -DreleaseVersion=X.X.X -DdevelopmentVersion=X.X.X.BUILD-SNAPSHOT -DautoVersionSubmodules=true
+
+You will be asked to confirm the release version and the new development version.  Typically moving from `X.X.X.BUILD-SNAPSHOT` to a named release means the release tag is `X.X.X.RELEASE` and the development version is `X.X.X+1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT`.
+
+## Building and publishing JAR artifacts
+
+In principle the publishing can be done by Maven release plugin:
+
+    $ mvn release:perform
+
+this will deploy to S3 by default.
+
+In practice we often need to tweak stuff and correct errors in the
+deployment, and for RELEASE versions we also need to publish to Maven
+Central.
+
+To do an M\*, RC\* or RELEASE version you need to be in the tagged copy, so switch to the tag and create a branch
+
+    $ git branch -D release/latest
+    $ git checkout <version>
+    $ git checkout -b release/latest
+
+### Maven Deploy
+
+Maven can be used to publish the Maven Central artifacts to S3
+(e.g. in CI or a quick snapshot release to fix a bug for a user):
+
+    $ mvn -P upload clean deploy
+
+There is a `milestone` profile for publishing a milestone and a
+`central` profile for publishing to Maven Central (via Sonatype).
+
+## Building and Publishing ZIP Artifacts
+
+The ZIP artifacts are built by Maven and published via an ant script.
+They were already deployed if you followed the steps above (deploy
+using the `upload` profile).  Verify this (after site has time to
+refresh) by looking for the files in [the community download
+page][CommunityDownloads].
+
+To deploy to a local staging for test purposes use this recipe:
+
+    $ mvn -P staging,upload deploy
+
+## Building the Website
+
+    $ export MAVEN_OPTS=-Xmx512m 
+    $ mvn site -P samples,release,dist
+    $ mvn site:deploy -P samples,dist,release
+
+The last step sends the result to the .org site. Use `mvn site:deploy
+-P samples,dist,staging` to test the result before you deploy for real
+(it puts it in target/staging).
+
+
+## Maven Central Deployment
+
+For a full release (not milestones) we also send artifacts to Maven
+Central via a pickup directory on Sonatypes OSS repository.  So do
+this:
+
+    $ mvn -P central -DskipTests deploy
+
+You need an account with Sonatype and some GPG setup (see
+[Sonatype][] for details). The account details need to be added to
+your `settings.xml`.
+
+If you make a mistake with the jars, you can re-deploy to the Sonatype
+staging area by doing the deploy command again, but once it is
+released they are in Maven Central and they never come out again.