diff --git a/edelta.parent/releng/releasing/increment_versions.ant b/edelta.parent/releng/releasing/increment_versions.ant
index 78c9074da..6d03b1b37 100644
--- a/edelta.parent/releng/releasing/increment_versions.ant
+++ b/edelta.parent/releng/releasing/increment_versions.ant
@@ -1,57 +1,33 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
 <project name="IncrementVersionsTask" basedir="." default="set-version">
 
+	<!-- Make sure this points to the root folder of your project -->
 	<property name="WORKSPACE" location="${ant.file}/../../../" />
 
-	<target name="show-workspace-path">
-		<echo message="WORKSPACE: ${WORKSPACE}" />
-	</target>
-
-	<target name="stripSnapshot">
-        <script language="javascript">
-            <![CDATA[
-
-	                // getting the value
-	                buildnumber = project.getProperty("project.version");
-	                index = buildnumber.lastIndexOf("-SNAPSHOT");
-	                counter = buildnumber.substring(0, index);
-	    			project.setProperty("version.main",counter);
-
-	            ]]>
-        </script>
-    </target>
-
-	<target name="getMajorMinorVersion">
-	    <script language="javascript">
-	        <![CDATA[
-	                // getting the value
-	                buildnumber = project.getProperty("version.main");
-	                index = buildnumber.lastIndexOf(".");
-	                counter = buildnumber.substring(0, index);
-	    			project.setProperty("majorMinorVersion",counter);
-
-	            ]]>
-	    </script>
-	</target>
+	<!--Set these properties manually when increasing versions -->
+	<property name="version.major" value="2" />
+	<property name="version.minor" value="0" />
+	<property name="version.patch" value="1" />
 
-    <target name="test_stripSnapshot" depends="stripSnapshot">
-        <echo message="version.main: ${version.main}"/>
-    </target>
+	<!-- Compute the version properties -->
+	<property name="version.main" value="${version.major}.${version.minor}.${version.patch}" />
+	<property name="version.osgi" value="${version.main}.qualifier"/>
+	<property name="version.mvn" value="${version.main}-SNAPSHOT"/>
+	<property name="majorMinorVersion" value="${version.major}.${version.minor}" />
 
-	<target name="test_getMajorMinor" depends="getMajorMinorVersion">
-		<echo message="majorMinorVersion: ${majorMinorVersion}"/>
-	</target>
-
-	<target name="askVersion">
-		<input message="Please enter the new release version (MAJOR.MINOR.MICRO):" addproperty="version.main" defaultvalue="${version_main}" />
+	<target name="show-workspace-path">
+		<echo message="WORKSPACE: ${WORKSPACE}" />
 	</target>
 
-	<target name="retrieveMajorMinor" depends="askVersion,getMajorMinorVersion">
+	<target name="showVersionProperties" >
+		<echo message="WORKSPACE   : ${WORKSPACE}" />
+		<echo message="version.main: ${version.main}" />
+		<echo message="version.osgi: ${version.osgi}" />
+		<echo message="version.mvn : ${version.mvn}" />
 		<echo message="majorMinorVersion: ${majorMinorVersion}"/>
 	</target>
 
-	<target name="set-version" description="Modifies artifacts to set a release version" 
-			depends="retrieveMajorMinor" >
+	<target name="set-version" description="Modifies artifacts to set a release version" >
 		<property name="version.osgi" value="${version.main}.qualifier"/>
 		<property name="version.mvn" value="${version.main}-SNAPSHOT"/>
 
@@ -65,20 +41,6 @@
 		<antcall target="-modify-artifacts"/>
 	</target>
 
-	<!-- strip the -SNAPSHOT from the property project.version -->
-	<target name="set-version-release" depends="stripSnapshot" description="Modifies artifacts to set a release version (without -SNAPSHOT)" >
-		<property name="version.osgi" value="${version.main}"/>
-		<property name="version.mvn" value="${version.main}"/>
-		
-		<echo message="VERSION MAIN: ${version.main}" />
-		<echo message="VERSION OSGI: ${version.osgi}" />
-		<echo message="VERSION MVN : ${version.mvn}" />
-		<echo message="WORKSPACE   : ${WORKSPACE}" />
-		<echo message="" />
-		
-		<antcall target="-modify-artifacts"/>
-	</target>
-
 	<target name="-modify-artifacts" if="version.main" >
 		<echo message="VERSION MAIN: ${version.main}" />
 		<echo message="VERSION OSGI: ${version.osgi}" />
@@ -106,6 +68,7 @@
 			</fileset>
 		</replaceregexp>
 
+		<!-- category.xml if major.minor is mentioned -->
 		<replaceregexp flags="g" byline="true">
 			<regexp pattern="label=&quot;(\w+)(\s+)(\d+\.\d+)(\.x)" />
 			<substitution expression="label=&quot;\1\2${majorMinorVersion}\4" />
@@ -146,7 +109,7 @@
 		</replaceregexp>
 
 	</target>
-	
+
 	<target name="set-version-xtext" description="Sets the Xtext version constraints in MANIFEST.MF">
 		<!-- Read the last entered values for defaults -->
 		<property file="version.properties" />