missed up rebase

Release 2.5 (#4)

* added features

* fixes for deployment to maven central

* update readme

Release2.4 (#3)

* added features

* fixes for deployment to maven central

* update readme

[maven-release-plugin] copy for tag 2.3

[maven-release-plugin] copy for tag 2.2-N

[maven-release-plugin] copy for tag 2.1

[maven-release-plugin] copy for tag 2.0

[maven-release-plugin] copy for tag 1.10

[maven-release-plugin] copy for tag 1.9

[maven-release-plugin] copy for tag 1.8