As a developer that is starting to use Shale via Maven, issue SHALE-258[1] is very frustrating and should be addressed before the release. The undisclosed inclusion of MyFaces 1.1.1 using Maven cause strange and unexpected behavior. Thus resulting in very frustrate the user/community.
[1] http://issues.apache.org/struts/browse/SHALE-258?page=all Paul Spencer
