Here is the output. I have two profiles defined in settings.xml, mahout_release and apache-release. Are those 'activated' ?
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <parent> <artifactId>apache</artifactId> <groupId>org.apache</groupId> <version>6</version> </parent> <groupId>org.apache.mahout</groupId> <artifactId>mahout</artifactId> <version>0.4-SNAPSHOT</version> <packaging>pom</packaging> <name>Apache Lucene Mahout</name> <description>Scalable machine learning libraries</description> <url>http://lucene.apache.org/mahout</url> <inceptionYear>2008</inceptionYear> <organization> <name>The Apache Software Foundation</name> <url>http://www.apache.org/</url> </organization> <licenses> <license> <name>Apache 2</name> <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url> </license> </licenses> <mailingLists> <mailingList> <name>Apache Announce List</name> <subscribe>announce-subscr...@apache.org</subscribe> <unsubscribe>announce-unsubscr...@apache.org</unsubscribe> <post>annou...@apache.org</post> <archive>http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/</archive> </mailingList> </mailingLists> <scm> <connection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/mahout/trunk</connection> <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/mahout/trunk</developerConnection> <url>https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/mahout/mahout</url> </scm> <build> <sourceDirectory>/Users/srowen/Documents/Development/Mahout/src/main/java</sourceDirectory> <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory> <testSourceDirectory>/Users/srowen/Documents/Development/Mahout/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory> <outputDirectory>/Users/srowen/Documents/Development/Mahout/target/classes</outputDirectory> <testOutputDirectory>/Users/srowen/Documents/Development/Mahout/target/test-classes</testOutputDirectory> <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal> <resources> <resource> <mergeId>resource-17</mergeId> <directory>/Users/srowen/Documents/Development/Mahout/src/main/resources</directory> </resource> </resources> <testResources> <testResource> <mergeId>resource-18</mergeId> <directory>/Users/srowen/Documents/Development/Mahout/src/test/resources</directory> </testResource> </testResources> <directory>/Users/srowen/Documents/Development/Mahout/target</directory> <finalName>mahout-0.4-SNAPSHOT</finalName> <pluginManagement> <plugins> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.3</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.2-beta-2</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.3</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.0.2</version> <configuration> <source>1.4</source> <target>1.4</target> <encoding>UTF-8</encoding> </configuration> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.0</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.4</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-ear-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.3.1</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-ejb-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.1</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-docck-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.0</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.0-beta-1</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.0-alpha-4</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.2</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.3</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.2</version> <configuration> <archive> <manifest> <addDefaultSpecificationEntries>true</addDefaultSpecificationEntries> <addDefaultImplementationEntries>true</addDefaultImplementationEntries> </manifest> </archive> </configuration> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.5</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.5</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-rar-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.2</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.0-beta-9</version> <configuration> <useReleaseProfile>true</useReleaseProfile> <releaseProfiles>release_perform,mahout_release,release</releaseProfiles> <remoteTagging>true</remoteTagging> <preparationGoals>clean install</preparationGoals> <goals>deploy</goals> <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules> <allowTimestampedSnapshots>true</allowTimestampedSnapshots> <arguments>-Papache-release</arguments> </configuration> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-remote-resources-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.0</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.3</version> <configuration> <encoding>UTF-8</encoding> </configuration> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.2</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.0</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.0.4</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.4.3</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.1-alpha-2</version> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>clirr-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.2.2</version> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId> <artifactId>plexus-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.3.8</version> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.modello</groupId> <artifactId>modello-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.0.1</version> </plugin> </plugins> </pluginManagement> <plugins> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-remote-resources-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.0</version> <executions> <execution> <goals> <goal>process</goal> </goals> <configuration> <resourceBundles> <resourceBundle>org.apache:apache-jar-resource-bundle:1.4</resourceBundle> </resourceBundles> </configuration> </execution> </executions> <configuration> <resourceBundles> <resourceBundle>org.apache:apache-jar-resource-bundle:1.4</resourceBundle> </resourceBundles> <supplementalModels> <supplementalModel>supplemental-models.xml</supplementalModel> </supplementalModels> </configuration> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.8</version> <configuration> <downloadJavadocs>true</downloadJavadocs> <downloadSources>true</downloadSources> <additionalConfig> <file> <name>.checkstyle</name> <location>maven/src/main/resources/mahout-eclipse-checkstyle</location> </file> </additionalConfig> </configuration> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-help-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.1</version> </plugin> </plugins> </build> <profiles> <profile> <id>release_perform</id> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.2-beta-5</version> <executions> <execution> <id>bin-assembly</id> <phase>verify</phase> <goals> <goal>single</goal> </goals> <configuration> <descriptors> <descriptor>src/main/assembly/bin.xml</descriptor> </descriptors> <runOnlyAtExecutionRoot>true</runOnlyAtExecutionRoot> <tarLongFileMode>gnu</tarLongFileMode> <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId> </configuration> </execution> <execution> <id>src-assembly</id> <phase>verify</phase> <goals> <goal>single</goal> </goals> <configuration> <descriptors> <descriptor>src/main/assembly/src.xml</descriptor> </descriptors> <runOnlyAtExecutionRoot>true</runOnlyAtExecutionRoot> <tarLongFileMode>gnu</tarLongFileMode> <appendAssemblyId>true</appendAssemblyId> </configuration> </execution> </executions> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId> <executions> <execution> <id>sign-artifacts</id> <phase>deploy</phase> <goals> <goal>sign</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> </plugin> </plugins> </build> </profile> </profiles> <distributionManagement> <repository> <id>apache.releases.https</id> <name>Apache Release Distribution Repository</name> <url>https://repository.apache.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2</url> </repository> <snapshotRepository> <id>apache.snapshots.https</id> <name>Apache Development Snapshot Repository</name> <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url> </snapshotRepository> <site> <id>Website</id> <url>scp://people.apache.org/home/isabel/public_html/mahout_site</url> </site> </distributionManagement> <modules> <module>maven</module> <module>collections-codegen-plugin</module> <module>collections</module> <module>math</module> <module>core</module> <module>taste-web</module> <module>examples</module> <module>utils</module> </modules> <repositories> <repository> <releases> <enabled>false</enabled> </releases> <id>apache.snapshots</id> <name>Apache Snapshot Repository</name> <url>http://repository.apache.org/snapshots</url> </repository> <repository> <snapshots> <enabled>false</enabled> </snapshots> <id>central</id> <name>Maven Repository Switchboard</name> <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url> </repository> </repositories> <pluginRepositories> <pluginRepository> <releases> <updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy> </releases> <snapshots> <enabled>false</enabled> </snapshots> <id>central</id> <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name> <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url> </pluginRepository> </pluginRepositories> <reporting> <outputDirectory>/Users/srowen/Documents/Development/Mahout/target/site</outputDirectory> <plugins> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.1.1</version> </plugin> </plugins> </reporting> <properties> <distMgmtSnapshotsName>Apache Development Snapshot Repository</distMgmtSnapshotsName> <distMgmtSnapshotsUrl>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots</distMgmtSnapshotsUrl> <organization.logo>http://www.apache.org/images/asf_logo_wide.gif</organization.logo> <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding> </properties> </project>