mvn clean release:clean
mvn release:prepare
mvn -DperformRelease=true release:perform -Darguments="-Dgpg.passphrase=xxx"
+
+# verify publication on oss.sonottype.org
+# close and release the repo
+
+# if ok, push local changes.
git push
git push --tags
+# Update the release in JIRA to the status Released and create a new release.
+
+# update src/site/xdoc/news.xml with new release info from JIRA
+
+
+