I ran into an issue releasing 2.0.8 due to http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRELEASE-296 and the addition of the ${mavenVersion} in the poms. This release is required for a release of 2.0.8.
Staging repo: http://people.apache.org/~brianf/staging-repository/ Release Notes: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?version=13560&styleName =Html&projectId=11144&Create=Create Vote will be open for 72hrs. +1
