With some search in list,I find a couple of discussions related to this topic before: http://markmail.org/message/s3mhwrtokqswotog http://markmail.org/message/3h2m3loyhard3ncx http://markmail.org/message/vvjksgnrcucqr3e2
These discussions are based on current single complex sample archetype here: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/geronimo/samples/branches/2.1/geronimo-samples-archetype/ What I'm suggesting was to create many small helper archetypes so that the user won't need to look for template in document and use copy/paste to create their owned projects/plans. This kind of archetype should be geronimo version free or have a input "geronimo_version" in the archetype generate wizard. So that we won't worry about the release of them.
