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The snapshot will be immediately available in the public Sonatype repository: http://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/public

Releasing a Single Module (e.g. a module in /svn/repo/modules/ area)

• If you'd like to release a Snapshot Release of that module, follow the instructions at: Making a Snapshot Release (e.g. 'dspace-x.y.z-SNAPSHOT')
• If you'd like to tag & release a new version of that module, use the module instructions at: Release DSpace Language Packs (I18N) Modules (NOTE: These instructions obviously have some specific notes around how the Language Packs modules are versioned. You obviously don't need to follow those versioning notes. Individual modules may have their own version schemes)

Making an Official Release (e.g. 'dspace-x.y.z' or 'dspace-x.y.z-rc1')

Release DSpace Language Packs (I18N) Modules

If possible, you should release the DSpace Language Packs (i18n modules) before the main release. Oftentimes, it's best to release these one or two days prior to the DSpace release (that way they've already propagated out to the Maven repository).

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