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+<!--
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+
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+
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+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+        <artifactId>felix-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>1.2.1</version>
+        <relativePath>../../pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>org.apache.felix.ipojo.runtime-project</artifactId>
+    <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>Apache Felix iPOJO Runtime Project</name>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+    <description>
+        The iPOJO runtime project contains the core iPOJO bundle, the composite support and the annotations.
+    </description>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>core</module>
+        <module>composite</module>
+        <module>annotations</module>
+    </modules>
+
+    <build>
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+            </resource>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>.</directory>
+                <targetPath>META-INF</targetPath>
+                <includes>
+                    <include>LICENSE*</include>
+                    <include>NOTICE*</include>
+                    <include>DEPENDENCIES*</include>
+                </includes>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
+    </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>release</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>make-assembly</id>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>single</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <descriptorRefs>
+                                        <descriptorRef>project</descriptorRef>
+                                    </descriptorRefs>
+                                    <!-- we don't want to attach all the assemblies, such as bz2 -->
+                                    <attach>false</attach>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <!-- only attach the project and bin assemblies, in tar.gz and zip flavors -->
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-assemblies</id>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>attach-artifact</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <artifacts>
+                                        <artifact>
+                                            <file>
+                                                ${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-project.tar.gz
+                                            </file>
+                                            <classifier>project</classifier>
+                                            <type>tar.gz</type>
+                                        </artifact>
+                                        <artifact>
+                                            <file>
+                                                ${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-project.zip
+                                            </file>
+                                            <classifier>project</classifier>
+                                            <type>zip</type>
+                                        </artifact>
+                                    </artifacts>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+</project>