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@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ wiki page:
 Compiling manually
 ------------------
 
-To build the plugins manually using Maven, simply run the following command from
+The Maven project build requires version 3.3 or later. It can be downloaded from
+<http://maven.apache.org> or from the package management system of your distro.
+
+To build the project manually using Maven, simply run the following command from
 the top-level directory:
 
     mvn clean install
@@ -45,33 +48,42 @@ take some time, to skip them you can append `-Dmaven.test.skip=true` to the
 
     mvn clean install -Dmaven.test.skip=true
 
-The RCP is not built by default, to build it you need to add `-Pbuild-rcp` to
-the `mvn` command:
-
-    mvn clean install -Pbuild-rcp -Dmaven.test.skip=true
+Stand-alone application (RCP) packages will be placed in
+`rcp/org.eclipse.tracecompass.rcp.product/target/products`.
 
-This will build the RCP for all supported architectures. The resulting archives
-will be placed in `rcp/org.eclipse.tracecompass.rcp.product/target/products`.
-
-These commands will also build the p2 update site, which will be placed in
-`releng/org.eclipse.tracecompass.releng-site/target/repository`.
+The p2 update site, used for installation as plugins inside Eclipse, will be
+placed in `releng/org.eclipse.tracecompass.releng-site/target/repository`.
 
 
 Maven profiles and properties
 -----------------------------
 
-The following Maven profiles, and their corresponding properties, are defined in
+The following Maven profiles and properties are defined in
 the build system. You can set them by using `-P[profile name]` and
 `-D[property name]=[value]` in `mvn` commands.
 
+* `-Dtarget-platform=[target]`
+
+  Defines which target to use. This is used to build against various versions of
+  the Eclipse platform. Available ones are in
+  `releng/org.eclipse.tracecompass.target`. The default is usually the latest
+  stable platform. To use the staging target for example, use
+  `-Dtarget-platform=tracecompass-eStaging`.
+
 * `-Pctf-grammar`
 
   Re-compiles the CTF grammar files. This should be enabled if you modify the
   `.g` files in the `ctf.parser` plugin.
 
-* `-Pbuild-rcp`
+* `-P -build-rcp`
+
+  Disables the "build-rcp" profile to skip building the RCP archives.
+
+* `-Prun-custom-test-suite`
 
-  Builds the RCP archives. Refer to the previous section for details.
+  Runs a test suite present in `releng/org.eclipse.tracecompass.alltests`. The
+  test suite to run has to be defined by `-DcustomTestSuite=[name]`, for example
+  `-DcustomTestSuite=RunAllPerfTests`.
 
 * `-Pdeploy-rcp`