to use gs3-release maker:

1. compile the customised ant

cd apache-ant-1.6.5
./build.sh -Ddist.dir=../ant dist
cd ..


2. install the customised ant

cd ant
export ANT_HOME=`pwd`
export $PATH=$ANT_HOME/bin:$PATH

put this in your .profile to make it permanent if you want.
the customised ant will run any other ant script just fine.


3. customise the build.properties file for the current release


4. start using it
e.g., ant -Dexecute=false create-release