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+# Auto Compressor
+
+See the top level readme for information.
+
+
+## Publishing to PyPI
+
+Bump the version number and run from the root directory of the repo:
+
+```
+docker run -it --rm -v $(pwd):/io -e OPENSSL_STATIC=1 konstin2/maturin publish -m synapse_auto_compressor/Cargo.toml --cargo-extra-args "\--features='openssl/vendored'"
+```