diff --git a/distro/CHANGELOG b/distro/CHANGELOG
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-v  1.1.1 (06/10/2014)
-		*  added storage status report filter 
-v  1.1.0 (08/09/2014)
-		* added storage status report
-v. 1.0.2 (30-06-2014)
-        * BugFix: connections pending
-v. 1.0.0 (31-03-2014)
-        * First release
-
diff --git a/distro/LICENSE b/distro/LICENSE
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-${gcube.license}
-
diff --git a/distro/MAINTAINERS b/distro/MAINTAINERS
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-* Roberto Cirillo (roberto.cirillo@isti.cnr.it), CNR Pisa, Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo"
diff --git a/distro/README b/distro/README
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diff --git a/distro/changelog.xml b/distro/changelog.xml
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-<ReleaseNotes>
-	<Changeset component="org.gcube.content-management.storage-manager-trigger.1-9-0" date="2019-06-06">
-		<Change>accounting user retrieved by IS</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="org.gcube.content-management.storage-manager-trigger.1-8-0" date="2018-10-01">
-		<Change>enabled ssl connection to mongodb</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="org.gcube.content-management.storage-manager-trigger.1-7-0" date="2018-06-15">
-		<Change>upgraded mongo-java-driver-library to 3.6.0</Change>
-		<Change>managed internal "SOFT_COPY" operation</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="org.gcube.content-management.storage-manager-trigger.1-4-0" date="2016-03-06">
-		<Change>integrated with new version of accounting lib</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="org.gcube.content-management.storage-manager-trigger.1-3-0" date="2015-10-15">
-		<Change>integrated with new accounting lib</Change>
-	</Changeset>	
-	<Changeset component="org.gcube.content-management.storage-manager-trigger.1-1-1" date="2014-10-06">
-		<Change>added storage status report filter</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="org.gcube.content-management.storage-manager-trigger.1-1-0" date="2014-09-08">
-		<Change>added storage status report</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="org.gcube.content-management.storage-manager-trigger.1-0-2" date="2014-06-30">
-		<Change>BugFix: connections pending</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="org.gcube.content-management.storage-manager-trigger.1-0-0" date="2014-03-31">
-		<Change>First Release</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-</ReleaseNotes>
diff --git a/distro/descriptor.xml b/distro/descriptor.xml
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-<assembly
-	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0"
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.0.xsd">
-	<id>servicearchive</id>
-	<formats>
-		<format>tar.gz</format>
-	</formats>
-	<baseDirectory>/</baseDirectory>
-	<fileSets>
-		<fileSet>
-			<directory>${distroDirectory}</directory>
-			<outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
-			<useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
-			<includes>
-				<include>README</include>
-				<include>LICENSE</include>
-				<include>changelog.xml</include>
-                <include>profile.xml</include>
-			</includes>
-			<fileMode>755</fileMode>
-			<filtered>true</filtered>
-		</fileSet>
-	</fileSets>
-	<files>
-		<file>
-			<source>target/${build.finalName}.${project.packaging}</source>
-			<outputDirectory>/${artifactId}</outputDirectory>
-		</file>
-
-	</files>
-</assembly>
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diff --git a/distro/profile.xml b/distro/profile.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<Resource xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
-	<ID />
-	<Type>Service</Type>
-	<Profile>
-		<Description>${description}</Description>
-		<Class>ContentManagement</Class>
-		<Name>${artifactId}</Name>
-		<Version>1.0.0</Version>
-		<Packages>
-			<Software>
-				<Name>${artifactId}</Name>
-				<Version>${version}</Version>
-				<MavenCoordinates>
-					<groupId>${groupId}</groupId>
-					<artifactId>${artifactId}</artifactId>
-					<version>${version}</version>
-				</MavenCoordinates>
-				<Files>
-					<File>${build.finalName}.jar</File>
-				</Files>
-			</Software>
-		</Packages>
-	</Profile>
-</Resource>
diff --git a/distro/svnpath.txt b/distro/svnpath.txt
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-${scm.url} 
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