Maven, the repository and Apache projects

[Levitt, David, Bookspan]

I'm adapting an existing project to Maven [1.0.2 for now]
 
The build dependencies include several jakarta-commons and apache
projects [log4j, axis], as well as legacy/third party libraries [Dynamo
app server, sun jsse]
 
Maven was not able to download the recently released Apache Axis 1.2.1
library. [http://ws.apache.org/axis/]
 
Is it a routine part of the Apache project workflow to place their
output into the standard repository, so that Maven can retrieve them?
 
If not, who is responsible for adding the project [Maven committers, the
other Apache project committers, the first user that encounters the
issue, via a Jira request]?