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-=begin
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-
-Create the VIVO distribution files.
-
-This will:
-1) Export the desired release from Subversion
-2) Copy all files from the export area to the licensed area, 
-    adding licensing text in the process.
-3) Pack the licensed files into a Zip file and Tar.GZ file for distribution
-
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-2010-01-27 initial version J.Blake
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-=end
-
-# --- Get the name of the working directory. If it doesn't exist, create it. If it does, check that it is empty.
-# --- Show the existing tags, and ask the user to pick one (default is alphabetically the highest)
-# --- Export from subversion
-# --- Add licenses
-# --- Pack the licensed files into Zip and GZ
-
-=begin
-mkdir release_0_9
-cd release_0_9
-svn export http://svn.mannlib.cornell.edu/svn/vivoweb/tags/rel-0.9-rc1 export-0.9
-== RUN LICENSER ==
-zip -r ../rel-0.9-rc1.zip vivo-rel-0.9
-tar -czf ../rel-0.9-rc1.tar.gz vivo-rel-0.9
-=end
-
-=begin
-svn copy http://svn.mannlib.cornell.edu/svn/vivoweb/trunk http://svn.mannlib.cornell.edu/svn/vivoweb/tags/rel-0.9-rc1 -m "Release 0.9 rc1 tag"
-svn copy http://svn.mannlib.cornell.edu/svn/vivoweb/trunk http://svn.mannlib.cornell.edu/svn/vivoweb/branches/rel-0.9-maint -m "Release 0.9 maintenance branch"
-=end