A little difficult to explain, but here goes: We branch from trunk and then release our parent and core together from SNAPs on our branches. For example,
<parent> <groupId>com.blifnok</groupId> <artifactId>main-parent</artifactId> <version>3.23.0-SNAPSHOT</version> </parent> <groupId>com.blifnok</groupId> <artifactId>core</artifactId> <packaging>jar</packaging> <version>3.23.0-SNAPSHOT</version> I cut the 3.23.0 release of main-parent, but the subsequent perform on core fails with Caused by: org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingException: Cannot find parent: com.blifnok:main-parent for project: com.blifnok:core:jar:3.23.1-SNAPSHOT for project com.blifnok:core:jar:3.23.1-SNAPSHOT The perform appears to be looking for the next development version, instead of just building the 3.23.0 version of the artifact. Here are the release.properties created by the prepare: #release configuration #Fri Apr 20 14:10:11 PDT 2012 dependency.com.blifnok\:main-parent.release=3.23.0 scm.tagNameFormat=@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version} scm.tag=3.23.0 dependency.com.blifnok\:main-parent.development=3.23.1-SNAPSHOT pushChanges=true scm.url=scm\:svn\:file\:///opt/svnroot/main/core/branches/3.23.x preparationGoals=clean verify project.dev.com.blifnok\:core=3.23.1-SNAPSHOT remoteTagging=true scm.commentPrefix=[maven-release-plugin] project.scm.com.blifnok\:core.tag=HEAD project.rel.com.blifnok\:core=3.23.0 exec.additionalArguments=-DskipTests\=true -P nexus exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed=false project.scm.com.blifnok\:core.developerConnection=scm\:svn\:file\:///opt/svnroot/main/core/branches/3.23.x completedPhase=end-release Obviously, I can just build this SNAPSHOT, but why is the perform trying to resolve the next parent development version? Is the phase using "dependency.com.blifnok\:main-parent.development=3.23.1-SNAPSHOT" instead of "dependency.com.blifnok\:main-parent.release=3.23.0" ? Or, is it reading this from the pom that was changed by the prepare? Perhaps, there is a convention or best practice I am unaware of OR maybe a bug ? Thanks -- James Levinson --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org