For the 1.7.4 release in mid-July, I propose that we have at least 2 people release jclouds. It should be released from a completely fresh environment, e.g. a newly created VM, that both people have access to. These 2 people work together in the VM and over IRC to create a script(s) to release jclouds.
I think that's a great idea. At the very least, we should be able to boil it down to a number of automated steps with only a few manual actions, and identify blockers that prevent us from taking the automation further.
Happy to volunteer for this as well. Thanks for suggesting this, Everett! ap