Howto release via maven release plugin -------------------------------------- See details on http://www.apache.org/dev/publishing-maven-artifacts.html In short, just follow the 'standard' process: 1. Prepare pom for release 2. publish snapshot 3. prepare release 4. stage the release for a vote (don't forget to close the staging repository) 5. vote 6. release Don't forget to add your key to http://www.apache.org/dist/james/KEYS $ ssh people.apache.org $ cd /www/www.apache.org/dist/james