With Wendy's help I have modified some poms with the intention of making the release process less painful. I removed most of the profiles and moved their configuration to the default build. Changes are on this branch:
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/struts/struts2/branches/release_process and the new documentation: http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/Creating+and+Signing+a+Struts+2.1.x+Distribution+(New)<http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/Creating+and+Signing+a+Struts+2.1.x+Distribution+%28New%29> I tried to break down the steps on the docs as much as possible, so it is easy for potential release managers to follow them. I don't really know what some of the steps do, like website update (end of step 8), an Jira stuff (step 6). Please expand on them. musachy -- "Hey you! Would you help me to carry the stone?" Pink Floyd
