= Creating an official Apache James release

Read details about http://www.apache.org/dev/publishing-maven-artifacts.html[Publishing Maven releases to Maven Central Repository]

In short, just follow the 'standard' process:

* prepare pom for release
* publish snapshot
* prepare release
* stage the release for a vote (don't forget to close the staging repository)
* vote
* 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
