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+This project contains bundle definitions for 3rd party plugins used in Eclipse based projects (e.g. SCViewer, CoreDSL-Generator).
+
+This follows the standard Maven/Tycho flow. To build the project run:
+
+```
+mvn package
+````
+
+To build and deploy the package to [Bintray](https://bintray.com/beta/#/minres/eclipse/BundlePool) run
+
+```
+mvn clean package -P release-composite
+```
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