diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
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+task :default => [:package]
+
+task :test do
+  system("cd test; ruby alltests.rb")
+end
+
+task :package => [:test, :package_real]  do
+end
+
+task :package_real do
+  system("gem build eventmachine-vnc.gemspec")
+end
+
+task :publish do
+  latest_gem = %x{ls -t eventmachine-vnc*.gem}.split("\n").first
+  system("gem push #{latest_gem}")
+end
diff --git a/eventmachine-vnc.gemspec b/eventmachine-vnc.gemspec
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+Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
+  files = []
+  dirs = %w{lib samples test bin}
+  dirs.each do |dir|
+    files += Dir["#{dir}/**/*"]
+  end
+
+  #svnrev = %x{svn info}.split("\n").grep(/Revision:/).first.split(" ").last.to_i
+  rev = Time.now.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
+  spec.name = "eventmachine-vnc"
+  spec.version = "0.1.#{rev}"
+  spec.summary = "eventmachine vnc - vnc/rfb protocol support"
+  spec.description = "VNC for EventMachine"
+  spec.add_dependency("eventmachine")
+  spec.files = files
+  spec.require_paths << "lib"
+
+  spec.author = "Jordan Sissel"
+  spec.email = "jls@semicomplete.com"
+  spec.homepage = "https://github.com/jordansissel/eventmachine-vnc"
+end
+