Before First Release

1. Compilation

Default java linked by JAVA_HOME variable must be 7. Antlr3 does not work properly on Java 8 - it throws error(10): internal error: Can't get property indirectDelegates using method ... error.

2. Maven Version

Release process works with maven 3.3.3, e.g. mvn --version returns:

Apache Maven 3.3.3 (7994120775791599e205a5524ec3e0dfe41d4a06; 2015-04-22T13:57:37+02:00)
Maven home: c:\Program Files\apache-maven-3.3.3\bin\..
Java version: 1.7.0_79, vendor: Oracle Corporation
Java home: c:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_79\jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: Cp1252
OS name: "windows 7", version: "6.1", arch: "amd64", family: "windows"

3. Pgp

• Install gpg. My current gpg version is gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.19.
• Either generate new key or add old one to keys list. The name and email must match first name, last Name and email in sonatype.