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+Apache Sling Settings
+
+Settings support including run modes.
+
+Getting Started
+===============
+
+This component uses a Maven 2 (http://maven.apache.org/) build
+environment. It requires a Java 5 JDK (or higher) and Maven (http://maven.apache.org/)
+2.0.7 or later. We recommend to use the latest Maven version.
+
+If you have Maven 2 installed, you can compile and
+package the jar using the following command:
+
+ mvn package
+
+See the Maven 2 documentation for other build features.
+
+The latest source code for this component is available in the
+Subversion (http://subversion.tigris.org/) source repository of
+the Apache Software Foundation. If you have Subversion installed,
+you can checkout the latest source using the following command:
+
+ svn checkout http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/sling/trunk/bundles/extensions/settings
+
+See the Subversion documentation for other source control features.
