Hi Many Apache projects has moved to using the Nexus installation (http://repository.apache.org) for their releases. Also, the Apache parent POM now uses this as the default location for releases: view-source:http://repo2.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/apache/7/apache-7.pom
I would like us to start using it as well, mostly due to the very nice, automated, staging support for releases. That is, the release is done just like normal with mvn release:* and when deploying, it will put the release in a special staging repository. We would then use this when voting for release. After a successful vote, you just push a button in Nexus, and the release goes into the release repository. Also, Nexus does a few additional verifications (like for PGP signing) that would be good to have. Doing the switch requires a vote, but let's start discussions first and see what people thinks. /niklas
