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Once a new version of the TLP POM is created it is to be tagged here:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/directory/tlp-commonproject/releasestags/
The POM itself resides in the trunk of the tlp-common project today. Once tagged the request can be made to the dev list to publish (release) this POM. After a 4 hr grace period the POM can be deployed to the ibiblio sync repos
to replicate to mirrors.
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Releases of this POM need not branch the POM file since it's essentially for on branch of progress reflecting the entire TLP. The revision can simply be bumped incremented up to the next minor release unless some major change occurs. For example I recommend bumping up the TLP POM to 2.0.0 to reflect the fact that it will no longer be used for building subprojects with the removal of the modules section and other project specificsnumber.