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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+
+<!-- Smack Build Script ========================================== -->
+<!-- Jive Software      ============================================== -->
+
+<!--
+    $RCSfile$
+    $Revision$
+    $Date$
+-->
+
+<project name="Smack Release Script" default="all" basedir="..">
+
+    <!-- PROPERTIES -->
+    <!-- ======================================================================================= -->
+
+    <!-- TARGETS -->
+    <!-- ======================================================================================= -->
+
+    <!-- all -->
+    <!-- ======================================================================================= -->
+    <target name="all">
+        <!-- create release properties -->
+        <property name="release.name" value="smack-${version.major}.${version.minor}-${version.string}" />
+        <property name="release.dir" value="${basedir}/release/${release.name}" />
+        <!-- create release dirs -->
+        <mkdir dir="${release.dir}" />
+        <!-- Copy build dir -->
+        <copy todir="${release.dir}/build">
+            <fileset dir="${basedir}/build">
+                <include name="ant*" />
+                <include name="build.xml" />
+                <include name="README.html" />
+                <include name="lib/*.jar" />
+            </fileset>
+        </copy>
+        <!-- Copy Javadocs -->
+        <copy todir="${release.dir}/javadoc">
+            <fileset dir="${basedir}/javadoc" includes="**/*.*" />
+        </copy>
+        <!-- Copy documentation -->
+        <copy todir="${release.dir}/documentation">
+            <fileset dir="${basedir}/documentation" includes="**/*.*" />
+        </copy>
+        <!-- Copy source -->
+        <copy todir="${release.dir}/source">
+            <fileset dir="${basedir}/source" includes="**/*.java" />
+        </copy>
+        <!-- Copy readme.html and changelog.html -->
+        <copy todir="${release.dir}">
+            <fileset dir="${basedir}/resources/releasedocs" includes="*.html" />
+        </copy>
+        <!-- Package -->
+        <zip destfile="${basedir}/release/${release.name}.zip"
+            basedir="${release.dir}/.."
+            includes="${release.name}/**/*.*"
+        />
+        <tar destfile="${basedir}/release/${release.name}.tar.gz"
+            basedir="${release.dir}/.."
+            includes="${release.name}/**/*.*"
+            compression="gzip"
+        />
+    </target>
+
+</project>