diff --git a/atmos/dependencies-descriptor.xml b/atmos/dependencies-descriptor.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f54e4b39cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atmos/dependencies-descriptor.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+    $HeadURL$ 
+    $Revision$ 
+    $Date$ 
+    
+    Copyright (C) 2009 Adrian Cole <adrian@jclouds.org>
+
+    ====================================================================
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or
+    more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information regarding
+    copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the
+    Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use
+    this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+    a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html Unless required
+    by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
+    under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+    See the License for the specific language governing permissions
+    and limitations under the License.
+    ====================================================================
+-->
+<assembly>
+    <id>dependencies</id>
+    <formats>
+        <format>dir</format>
+    </formats>
+    <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+    <dependencySets>
+        <dependencySet>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+            <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
+            <useTransitiveDependencies>false</useTransitiveDependencies>
+        </dependencySet>
+    </dependencySets>
+</assembly>
diff --git a/atmos/pom.xml b/atmos/pom.xml
index 9f43d749d6..7fc8a08eaa 100644
--- a/atmos/pom.xml
+++ b/atmos/pom.xml
@@ -73,4 +73,25 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+    
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>single</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <descriptors>
+                                <descriptor>dependencies-descriptor.xml</descriptor>
+                            </descriptors>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>   
+        </plugins>
+    </build>     
 </project>
diff --git a/aws/core/dependencies-descriptor.xml b/aws/core/dependencies-descriptor.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f54e4b39cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aws/core/dependencies-descriptor.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+    $HeadURL$ 
+    $Revision$ 
+    $Date$ 
+    
+    Copyright (C) 2009 Adrian Cole <adrian@jclouds.org>
+
+    ====================================================================
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or
+    more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information regarding
+    copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the
+    Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use
+    this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+    a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html Unless required
+    by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
+    under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+    See the License for the specific language governing permissions
+    and limitations under the License.
+    ====================================================================
+-->
+<assembly>
+    <id>dependencies</id>
+    <formats>
+        <format>dir</format>
+    </formats>
+    <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+    <dependencySets>
+        <dependencySet>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+            <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
+            <useTransitiveDependencies>false</useTransitiveDependencies>
+        </dependencySet>
+    </dependencySets>
+</assembly>
diff --git a/aws/core/pom.xml b/aws/core/pom.xml
index 82c89a419e..10280e5689 100644
--- a/aws/core/pom.xml
+++ b/aws/core/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
         <artifactId>jclouds-aws-project</artifactId>
         <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
-    <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-aws</artifactId>
     <name>jclouds Amazon AWS Components Core</name>
     <description>jclouds Core components to access Amazon AWS</description>
@@ -43,4 +42,44 @@
         <url>http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk</url>
     </scm>
 
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.jamesmurty.utils</groupId>
+            <artifactId>java-xmlbuilder</artifactId>
+            <version>0.3</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>    
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>single</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <descriptors>
+                                <descriptor>dependencies-descriptor.xml</descriptor>
+                            </descriptors>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>   
+        </plugins>
+    </build>        
 </project>
diff --git a/aws/extensions/jets3t/README.txt b/aws/extensions/jets3t/README.txt
index 7820d1402b..168b9e3712 100644
--- a/aws/extensions/jets3t/README.txt
+++ b/aws/extensions/jets3t/README.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 ====
 #
 # A JetS3t (http://jets3t.s3.amazonaws.com/) S3Service implementation using
-# jclouds.
+# jclouds. Can be used on Google App Engine.
 #
 # Expects jets3t to be present on your application's classpath.
 #
diff --git a/aws/extensions/jets3t/pom.xml b/aws/extensions/jets3t/pom.xml
index d73625ce2a..db6a789716 100644
--- a/aws/extensions/jets3t/pom.xml
+++ b/aws/extensions/jets3t/pom.xml
@@ -49,10 +49,5 @@
             <version>0.7.1</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jclouds-gae</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/aws/extensions/pom.xml b/aws/extensions/pom.xml
index f7530680a3..31b66493f3 100644
--- a/aws/extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/aws/extensions/pom.xml
@@ -26,19 +26,19 @@
    ====================================================================
  -->
 <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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <artifactId>jclouds-aws-project</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>jclouds-aws-extensions-project</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>jclouds AWS extensions aggregator</name>
     <modules>
         <module>jets3t</module>
     </modules>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
@@ -47,11 +47,10 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jclouds-aws</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
+        </dependency>          
     </dependencies>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/aws/perftest/pom.xml b/aws/perftest/pom.xml
index 35f13911ef..06ca41ec07 100644
--- a/aws/perftest/pom.xml
+++ b/aws/perftest/pom.xml
@@ -34,53 +34,48 @@
 		affiliates.
 	-->
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-	<parent>
-		<artifactId>jclouds-aws-project</artifactId>
-		<groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-		<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-	</parent>
-	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<artifactId>jclouds-aws-perftest</artifactId>
-	<name>jclouds Performance test verses Amazon samples implementation</name>
-	<packaging>jar</packaging>
-
-	<description>Performance test verses Amazon samples implementation</description>
-
-	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jclouds-joda</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jclouds-bouncycastle</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jclouds-aws</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jclouds-aws</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<type>test-jar</type>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jclouds-httpnio</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-	    <dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jclouds-gae</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-<!-- start gae dependencies -->
+  	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  	<parent>
+    		<groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
+    		<artifactId>jclouds-aws-project</artifactId>
+    		<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	</parent>
+  	<artifactId>jclouds-aws-perftest</artifactId>
+  	<name>jclouds Performance test verses Amazon samples implementation</name>
+  	<description>Performance test verses Amazon samples implementation</description>
+  
+  	<dependencies>
+    		<dependency>
+      			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+      			<artifactId>jclouds-joda</artifactId>
+      			<version>${project.version}</version>
+    		</dependency>
+    		<dependency>
+      			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+      			<artifactId>jclouds-bouncycastle</artifactId>
+      			<version>${project.version}</version>
+    		</dependency>
+    		<dependency>
+      			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+      			<artifactId>jclouds-aws</artifactId>
+      			<version>${project.version}</version>
+    		</dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.java.dev.jets3t</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jets3t</artifactId>
+            <version>0.7.1</version>
+        </dependency>    
+    		<dependency>
+      			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+      			<artifactId>jclouds-httpnio</artifactId>
+      			<version>${project.version}</version>
+    		</dependency>
+  	    <dependency>
+      			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+      			<artifactId>jclouds-gae</artifactId>
+      			<version>${project.version}</version>
+    		</dependency>
+        <!-- start gae dependencies -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
             <artifactId>appengine-api-stubs</artifactId>
@@ -112,37 +107,39 @@
             <version>1.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-<!-- end gae dependencies -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>net.java.dev.jets3t</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jets3t</artifactId>
-			<version>0.7.1</version>
-		</dependency>
-	</dependencies>
-
-	<scm>
-		<connection>scm:svn:http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk</connection>
-		<developerConnection>scm:svn:https://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk</developerConnection>
-		<url>http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk</url>
-	</scm>
-	<build>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>integration</id>
-            <phase>integration-test</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>test</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <threadCount>1</threadCount>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</build>
+        <!-- end gae dependencies -->
+    		<dependency>
+      			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+      			<artifactId>jclouds-aws</artifactId>
+      			<version>${project.version}</version>
+      			<type>test-jar</type>
+      			<scope>test</scope>
+    		</dependency>
+  	</dependencies>
+  
+  	<scm>
+    		<connection>scm:svn:http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk</connection>
+    		<developerConnection>scm:svn:https://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk</developerConnection>
+    		<url>http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk</url>
+  	</scm>
+    
+  	<build>
+    		<plugins>
+      			<plugin>
+        				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>integration</id>
+                        <phase>integration-test</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>test</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <threadCount>1</threadCount>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+      			</plugin>
+    		</plugins>
+  	</build>
 </project>
diff --git a/azure/dependencies-descriptor.xml b/azure/dependencies-descriptor.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f54e4b39cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/azure/dependencies-descriptor.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+    $HeadURL$ 
+    $Revision$ 
+    $Date$ 
+    
+    Copyright (C) 2009 Adrian Cole <adrian@jclouds.org>
+
+    ====================================================================
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or
+    more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information regarding
+    copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the
+    Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use
+    this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+    a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html Unless required
+    by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
+    under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+    See the License for the specific language governing permissions
+    and limitations under the License.
+    ====================================================================
+-->
+<assembly>
+    <id>dependencies</id>
+    <formats>
+        <format>dir</format>
+    </formats>
+    <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+    <dependencySets>
+        <dependencySet>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+            <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
+            <useTransitiveDependencies>false</useTransitiveDependencies>
+        </dependencySet>
+    </dependencySets>
+</assembly>
diff --git a/azure/pom.xml b/azure/pom.xml
index 6a37e25f13..5d9af0d444 100644
--- a/azure/pom.xml
+++ b/azure/pom.xml
@@ -83,4 +83,25 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+    
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>single</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <descriptors>
+                                <descriptor>dependencies-descriptor.xml</descriptor>
+                            </descriptors>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>   
+        </plugins>
+    </build>        
 </project>
diff --git a/extensions/bouncycastle/dependencies-descriptor.xml b/extensions/bouncycastle/dependencies-descriptor.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01998597c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/bouncycastle/dependencies-descriptor.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+    $HeadURL$ 
+    $Revision$ 
+    $Date$ 
+    
+    Copyright (C) 2009 Adrian Cole <adrian@jclouds.org>
+
+    ====================================================================
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or
+    more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information regarding
+    copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the
+    Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use
+    this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+    a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html Unless required
+    by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
+    under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+    See the License for the specific language governing permissions
+    and limitations under the License.
+    ====================================================================
+-->
+<assembly>
+    <id>dependencies</id>
+    <formats>
+        <format>dir</format>
+    </formats>
+    <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+    <dependencySets>
+        <dependencySet>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+            <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
+            <useTransitiveDependencies>false</useTransitiveDependencies>
+            <excludes>
+                <exclude>org.jclouds:jclouds-core</exclude>
+            </excludes>
+        </dependencySet>
+    </dependencySets>
+</assembly>
diff --git a/extensions/bouncycastle/pom.xml b/extensions/bouncycastle/pom.xml
index 0fc1f9a26c..35a025019f 100644
--- a/extensions/bouncycastle/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/bouncycastle/pom.xml
@@ -43,4 +43,25 @@
             <version>1.44</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+    
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>single</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <descriptors>
+                                <descriptor>dependencies-descriptor.xml</descriptor>
+                            </descriptors>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>   
+        </plugins>
+    </build>    
 </project>
diff --git a/extensions/httpnio/dependencies-descriptor.xml b/extensions/httpnio/dependencies-descriptor.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..336d8bf676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/httpnio/dependencies-descriptor.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+    $HeadURL$ 
+    $Revision$ 
+    $Date$ 
+    
+    Copyright (C) 2009 Adrian Cole <adrian@jclouds.org>
+
+    ====================================================================
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or
+    more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information regarding
+    copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the
+    Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use
+    this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+    a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html Unless required
+    by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
+    under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+    See the License for the specific language governing permissions
+    and limitations under the License.
+    ====================================================================
+-->
+<assembly>
+    <id>dependencies</id>
+    <formats>
+        <format>dir</format>
+    </formats>
+    <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+    <dependencySets>
+        <dependencySet>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+            <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
+            <useTransitiveDependencies>false</useTransitiveDependencies>
+            <excludes>
+                <exclude>org.jclouds:jclouds-core</exclude>
+            </excludes>            
+        </dependencySet>
+    </dependencySets>
+</assembly>
diff --git a/extensions/httpnio/pom.xml b/extensions/httpnio/pom.xml
index d867bf4c93..4fcd854582 100644
--- a/extensions/httpnio/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/httpnio/pom.xml
@@ -43,16 +43,36 @@
     </scm>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jetty</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpcore-nio</artifactId>
             <version>4.1-alpha1</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jetty</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-    
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>single</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <descriptors>
+                                <descriptor>dependencies-descriptor.xml</descriptor>
+                            </descriptors>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>   
+        </plugins>
+    </build>    
 </project>
diff --git a/extensions/joda/dependencies-descriptor.xml b/extensions/joda/dependencies-descriptor.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..336d8bf676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/joda/dependencies-descriptor.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+    $HeadURL$ 
+    $Revision$ 
+    $Date$ 
+    
+    Copyright (C) 2009 Adrian Cole <adrian@jclouds.org>
+
+    ====================================================================
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or
+    more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information regarding
+    copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the
+    Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use
+    this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+    a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html Unless required
+    by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
+    under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+    See the License for the specific language governing permissions
+    and limitations under the License.
+    ====================================================================
+-->
+<assembly>
+    <id>dependencies</id>
+    <formats>
+        <format>dir</format>
+    </formats>
+    <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+    <dependencySets>
+        <dependencySet>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+            <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
+            <useTransitiveDependencies>false</useTransitiveDependencies>
+            <excludes>
+                <exclude>org.jclouds:jclouds-core</exclude>
+            </excludes>            
+        </dependencySet>
+    </dependencySets>
+</assembly>
diff --git a/extensions/joda/pom.xml b/extensions/joda/pom.xml
index a5ac528bde..f37ef02ce3 100644
--- a/extensions/joda/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/joda/pom.xml
@@ -43,4 +43,25 @@
             <version>1.6</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+    
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>single</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <descriptors>
+                                <descriptor>dependencies-descriptor.xml</descriptor>
+                            </descriptors>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>   
+        </plugins>
+    </build>        
 </project>
diff --git a/extensions/ssh/jsch/dependencies-descriptor.xml b/extensions/ssh/jsch/dependencies-descriptor.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f54e4b39cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/ssh/jsch/dependencies-descriptor.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+    $HeadURL$ 
+    $Revision$ 
+    $Date$ 
+    
+    Copyright (C) 2009 Adrian Cole <adrian@jclouds.org>
+
+    ====================================================================
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or
+    more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information regarding
+    copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the
+    Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use
+    this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+    a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html Unless required
+    by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
+    under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+    See the License for the specific language governing permissions
+    and limitations under the License.
+    ====================================================================
+-->
+<assembly>
+    <id>dependencies</id>
+    <formats>
+        <format>dir</format>
+    </formats>
+    <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+    <dependencySets>
+        <dependencySet>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+            <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
+            <useTransitiveDependencies>false</useTransitiveDependencies>
+        </dependencySet>
+    </dependencySets>
+</assembly>
diff --git a/extensions/ssh/jsch/pom.xml b/extensions/ssh/jsch/pom.xml
index 5c643aceac..875f378cb3 100755
--- a/extensions/ssh/jsch/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/ssh/jsch/pom.xml
@@ -47,4 +47,25 @@
             <version>1.4</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+    
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>single</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <descriptors>
+                                <descriptor>dependencies-descriptor.xml</descriptor>
+                            </descriptors>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>   
+        </plugins>
+    </build>     
 </project>
diff --git a/mezeo/pcs2/core/dependencies-descriptor.xml b/mezeo/pcs2/core/dependencies-descriptor.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f54e4b39cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mezeo/pcs2/core/dependencies-descriptor.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+    $HeadURL$ 
+    $Revision$ 
+    $Date$ 
+    
+    Copyright (C) 2009 Adrian Cole <adrian@jclouds.org>
+
+    ====================================================================
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or
+    more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information regarding
+    copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the
+    Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use
+    this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+    a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html Unless required
+    by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
+    under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+    See the License for the specific language governing permissions
+    and limitations under the License.
+    ====================================================================
+-->
+<assembly>
+    <id>dependencies</id>
+    <formats>
+        <format>dir</format>
+    </formats>
+    <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+    <dependencySets>
+        <dependencySet>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+            <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
+            <useTransitiveDependencies>false</useTransitiveDependencies>
+        </dependencySet>
+    </dependencySets>
+</assembly>
diff --git a/mezeo/pcs2/core/pom.xml b/mezeo/pcs2/core/pom.xml
index 6142a83c89..27555523b9 100644
--- a/mezeo/pcs2/core/pom.xml
+++ b/mezeo/pcs2/core/pom.xml
@@ -42,4 +42,39 @@
         <url>http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/mezo/pcs2/core</url>
     </scm>
 
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+    
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>single</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <descriptors>
+                                <descriptor>dependencies-descriptor.xml</descriptor>
+                            </descriptors>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>   
+        </plugins>
+    </build>    
 </project>
diff --git a/mezeo/pom.xml b/mezeo/pom.xml
index 06031f2c16..3fb09552e5 100644
--- a/mezeo/pom.xml
+++ b/mezeo/pom.xml
@@ -40,18 +40,6 @@
         <module>pcs2</module>
     </modules>
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-            <type>test-jar</type>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/nirvanix/pom.xml b/nirvanix/pom.xml
index 85f5c605fe..b57c34f44b 100644
--- a/nirvanix/pom.xml
+++ b/nirvanix/pom.xml
@@ -42,16 +42,9 @@
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-            <type>test-jar</type>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
+        </dependency>        
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/nirvanix/sdn/core/dependencies-descriptor.xml b/nirvanix/sdn/core/dependencies-descriptor.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f54e4b39cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nirvanix/sdn/core/dependencies-descriptor.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+    $HeadURL$ 
+    $Revision$ 
+    $Date$ 
+    
+    Copyright (C) 2009 Adrian Cole <adrian@jclouds.org>
+
+    ====================================================================
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or
+    more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information regarding
+    copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the
+    Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use
+    this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+    a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html Unless required
+    by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
+    under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+    See the License for the specific language governing permissions
+    and limitations under the License.
+    ====================================================================
+-->
+<assembly>
+    <id>dependencies</id>
+    <formats>
+        <format>dir</format>
+    </formats>
+    <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+    <dependencySets>
+        <dependencySet>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+            <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
+            <useTransitiveDependencies>false</useTransitiveDependencies>
+        </dependencySet>
+    </dependencySets>
+</assembly>
diff --git a/nirvanix/sdn/core/pom.xml b/nirvanix/sdn/core/pom.xml
index 5856e0f182..8a6a49a064 100644
--- a/nirvanix/sdn/core/pom.xml
+++ b/nirvanix/sdn/core/pom.xml
@@ -42,4 +42,39 @@
         <url>http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/mezo/sdn/core</url>
     </scm>
 
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+    
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>single</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <descriptors>
+                                <descriptor>dependencies-descriptor.xml</descriptor>
+                            </descriptors>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>   
+        </plugins>
+    </build>    
 </project>
diff --git a/package-descriptor.xml b/package-descriptor.xml
index 73bbabb134..58d45dd4ed 100644
--- a/package-descriptor.xml
+++ b/package-descriptor.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
     <!-- 
       LICENSE.txt
       README.txt
+      core
+         + docs <- javadoc for core
+         + lib <- core jar and dependencies for core
+         + src <- expanded or source jar for core
       extensions
          + log4j
             + README.txt <- how to use the extension
@@ -45,17 +49,10 @@
             + lib <- not core
             + docs <- not core
             + src <- not core
-      samples <- includes samples, demos and tools
+      samples <- includes samples and demos
          + tweetstore
-            + README.txt <- how to use run the sample
-            + bin <- start script
-            + etc <- configuration
-            + lib <- all dependencies
-            + docs <- just demo
+            + README.txt <- how to build and run the sample
             + src <- just demo
-      docs <- javadoc for core
-      lib <- core jar and dependencies for core
-      src <- expanded or source jar for core
         
       see http://code.google.com/p/jclouds/issues/detail?id=127
     -->
@@ -84,22 +81,22 @@
             <includes>
                 <include>jclouds-core-${project.version}-jar-with-dependencies.jar</include>
             </includes>
-            <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+            <outputDirectory>core/lib</outputDirectory>
         </fileSet>
         <fileSet>
             <directory>core/target/jclouds-core-${project.version}-dependencies.dir</directory>
-            <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+            <outputDirectory>core/lib</outputDirectory>
         </fileSet>   
         <fileSet>
             <directory>core/target</directory>
             <includes>
                 <include>jclouds-core-${project.version}-sources.jar</include>
             </includes>
-            <outputDirectory>src</outputDirectory>
+            <outputDirectory>core/src</outputDirectory>
         </fileSet>
         <fileSet>
             <directory>core/target/apidocs</directory>
-            <outputDirectory>docs</outputDirectory>            
+            <outputDirectory>core/docs</outputDirectory>            
         </fileSet>    
         
         <!-- providers: atmos -->
@@ -110,6 +107,10 @@
             </includes>
             <outputDirectory>providers/atmos/lib</outputDirectory>
         </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>atmos/target/jclouds-atmos-${project.version}-dependencies.dir</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>providers/atmos/lib</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>        
         <fileSet>
             <directory>atmos/target</directory>
             <includes>
@@ -131,31 +132,62 @@
          
         <!-- providers: aws -->
         <fileSet>
-            <directory>aws/target</directory>
+            <directory>aws/core/target</directory>
             <includes>
                 <include>jclouds-aws-${project.version}.jar</include>
             </includes>
             <outputDirectory>providers/aws/lib</outputDirectory>
         </fileSet>
         <fileSet>
-            <directory>aws/target</directory>
+            <directory>aws/core/target/jclouds-aws-${project.version}-dependencies.dir</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>providers/aws/lib</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>        
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>aws/core/target</directory>
             <includes>
                 <include>jclouds-aws-${project.version}-sources.jar</include>
             </includes>
             <outputDirectory>providers/aws/src</outputDirectory>
         </fileSet>
         <fileSet>
-            <directory>aws/target/apidocs</directory>
+            <directory>aws/core/target/apidocs</directory>
             <outputDirectory>providers/aws/docs</outputDirectory>            
         </fileSet>
         <fileSet>
-            <directory>aws</directory>
+            <directory>aws/core</directory>
             <includes>
                 <include>README.txt</include>
             </includes>
             <outputDirectory>providers/aws</outputDirectory>            
         </fileSet>         
-        
+ 
+        <!-- aws extensions: jets3t -->
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>aws/extensions/jets3t/target</directory>
+            <includes>
+                <include>jclouds-jets3t-${project.version}.jar</include>
+            </includes>
+            <outputDirectory>providers/aws/extensions/jets3t/lib</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>aws/extensions/jets3t/target</directory>
+            <includes>
+                <include>jclouds-jets3t-${project.version}-sources.jar</include>
+            </includes>
+            <outputDirectory>providers/aws/extensions/jets3t/src</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>aws/extensions/jets3t/target/apidocs</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>providers/aws/extensions/jets3t/docs</outputDirectory>            
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>aws/extensions/jets3t</directory>
+            <includes>
+                <include>README.txt</include>
+            </includes>
+            <outputDirectory>providers/aws/extensions/jets3t</outputDirectory>            
+        </fileSet>
+                
         <!-- providers: azure -->
         <fileSet>
             <directory>azure/target</directory>
@@ -164,6 +196,10 @@
             </includes>
             <outputDirectory>providers/azure/lib</outputDirectory>
         </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>azure/target/jclouds-azure-${project.version}-dependencies.dir</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>providers/azure/lib</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>          
         <fileSet>
             <directory>azure/target</directory>
             <includes>
@@ -185,25 +221,25 @@
         
         <!-- providers: hostingdotcom -->
         <fileSet>
-            <directory>hostingdotcom/target</directory>
+            <directory>vcloud/hostingdotcom/target</directory>
             <includes>
                 <include>jclouds-hostingdotcom-${project.version}.jar</include>
             </includes>
             <outputDirectory>providers/hostingdotcom/lib</outputDirectory>
         </fileSet>
         <fileSet>
-            <directory>hostingdotcom/target</directory>
+            <directory>vcloud/hostingdotcom/target</directory>
             <includes>
                 <include>jclouds-hostingdotcom-${project.version}-sources.jar</include>
             </includes>
             <outputDirectory>providers/hostingdotcom/src</outputDirectory>
         </fileSet>
         <fileSet>
-            <directory>hostingdotcom/target/apidocs</directory>
+            <directory>vcloud/hostingdotcom/target/apidocs</directory>
             <outputDirectory>providers/hostingdotcom/docs</outputDirectory>            
         </fileSet>
         <fileSet>
-            <directory>hostingdotcom</directory>
+            <directory>vcloud/hostingdotcom</directory>
             <includes>
                 <include>README.txt</include>
             </includes>
@@ -218,6 +254,10 @@
             </includes>
             <outputDirectory>providers/mezeo/lib</outputDirectory>
         </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>mezeo/pcs2/target/jclouds-pcs2-${project.version}-dependencies.dir</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>providers/pcs2/lib</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>     
         <fileSet>
             <directory>mezeo/pcs2/target</directory>
             <includes>
@@ -245,6 +285,10 @@
             </includes>
             <outputDirectory>providers/nirvanix/lib</outputDirectory>
         </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>nirvanix/sdn/target/jclouds-nirvanix-${project.version}-dependencies.dir</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>providers/nirvanix/lib</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>        
         <fileSet>
             <directory>nirvanix/sdn/target</directory>
             <includes>
@@ -272,6 +316,10 @@
             </includes>
             <outputDirectory>providers/rackspace/lib</outputDirectory>
         </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>rackspace/target/jclouds-rackspace-${project.version}-dependencies.dir</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>providers/rackspace/lib</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>             
         <fileSet>
             <directory>rackspace/target</directory>
             <includes>
@@ -407,6 +455,10 @@
             </includes>
             <outputDirectory>extensions/bouncycastle/lib</outputDirectory>
         </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>extensions/bouncycastle/target/jclouds-bouncycastle-${project.version}-dependencies.dir</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>extensions/bouncycastle/lib</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>
         <fileSet>
             <directory>extensions/bouncycastle/target</directory>
             <includes>
@@ -461,6 +513,10 @@
             </includes>
             <outputDirectory>extensions/joda/lib</outputDirectory>
         </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>extensions/joda/target/jclouds-joda-${project.version}-dependencies.dir</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>extensions/joda/lib</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>           
         <fileSet>
             <directory>extensions/joda/target</directory>
             <includes>
@@ -488,6 +544,10 @@
             </includes>
             <outputDirectory>extensions/httpnio/lib</outputDirectory>
         </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>extensions/httpnio/target/jclouds-httpnio-${project.version}-dependencies.dir</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>extensions/httpnio/lib</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>          
         <fileSet>
             <directory>extensions/httpnio/target</directory>
             <includes>
@@ -515,6 +575,10 @@
             </includes>
             <outputDirectory>extensions/ssh/jsch/lib</outputDirectory>
         </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>extensions/jsch/target/jclouds-jsch-${project.version}-dependencies.dir</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>extensions/ssh/jsch/lib</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>           
         <fileSet>
             <directory>extensions/jsch/target</directory>
             <includes>
@@ -561,51 +625,7 @@
             <outputDirectory>extensions/log4j</outputDirectory>            
         </fileSet>
         
-        <!-- extensions: jets3t -->
-        <fileSet>
-            <directory>aws/extensions/jets3t/target</directory>
-            <includes>
-                <include>jclouds-jets3t-${project.version}.jar</include>
-            </includes>
-            <outputDirectory>extensions/aws/jets3t/lib</outputDirectory>
-        </fileSet>
-        <fileSet>
-            <directory>aws/extensions/jets3t/target</directory>
-            <includes>
-                <include>jclouds-jets3t-${project.version}-sources.jar</include>
-            </includes>
-            <outputDirectory>extensions/aws/jets3t/src</outputDirectory>
-        </fileSet>
-        <fileSet>
-            <directory>aws/extensions/jets3t/target/apidocs</directory>
-            <outputDirectory>extensions/aws/jets3t/docs</outputDirectory>            
-        </fileSet>
-        <fileSet>
-            <directory>aws/extensions/jets3t</directory>
-            <includes>
-                <include>README.txt</include>
-            </includes>
-            <outputDirectory>extensions/aws/jets3t</outputDirectory>            
-        </fileSet>
-
-        <!-- samples and tools -->
-        <fileSet>
-            <directory>tools</directory>
-            <!-- XXX: should probably be replaced by a suitable source package that
-              each tools project builds -->
-            <excludes>
-                <exclude>**/.settings</exclude>
-                <exclude>**/.settings/**</exclude>
-                <exclude>**/.project</exclude>
-                <exclude>**/.classpath</exclude>
-                <exclude>**/target</exclude>
-                <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
-                <exclude>**/.svnignore</exclude>
-                <!-- exclude only the *root* POM -->
-                <exclude>pom.xml</exclude>
-            </excludes>
-            <outputDirectory>samples</outputDirectory>
-        </fileSet>        
+        <!-- samples -->
         <fileSet>
             <directory>demos</directory>
             <!-- XXX: should probably be replaced by a suitable source package that
diff --git a/rackspace/dependencies-descriptor.xml b/rackspace/dependencies-descriptor.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f54e4b39cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rackspace/dependencies-descriptor.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+    $HeadURL$ 
+    $Revision$ 
+    $Date$ 
+    
+    Copyright (C) 2009 Adrian Cole <adrian@jclouds.org>
+
+    ====================================================================
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or
+    more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information regarding
+    copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the
+    Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use
+    this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+    a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html Unless required
+    by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
+    under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+    See the License for the specific language governing permissions
+    and limitations under the License.
+    ====================================================================
+-->
+<assembly>
+    <id>dependencies</id>
+    <formats>
+        <format>dir</format>
+    </formats>
+    <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+    <dependencySets>
+        <dependencySet>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+            <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
+            <useTransitiveDependencies>false</useTransitiveDependencies>
+        </dependencySet>
+    </dependencySets>
+</assembly>
diff --git a/rackspace/pom.xml b/rackspace/pom.xml
index f21e760d93..138dc18bce 100644
--- a/rackspace/pom.xml
+++ b/rackspace/pom.xml
@@ -79,4 +79,25 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+    
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>single</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <descriptors>
+                                <descriptor>dependencies-descriptor.xml</descriptor>
+                            </descriptors>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>   
+        </plugins>
+    </build>           
 </project>
diff --git a/vcloud/hostingdotcom/README.txt b/vcloud/hostingdotcom/README.txt
index 0a10e120c3..611ac5e074 100644
--- a/vcloud/hostingdotcom/README.txt
+++ b/vcloud/hostingdotcom/README.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #
 # The jclouds provider for Hosting.com's vCloud Express (http://www.hosting.com/vcloudexpress/) platform.
 #
+# Requires the jclouds-vcloud JAR to be on the classpath.
+#
 # TODO: Implementation status.
 # TODO: Supported features.
 # TODO: Usage example.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vcloud/hostingdotcom/pom.xml b/vcloud/hostingdotcom/pom.xml
index e404026353..27e7a804e2 100755
--- a/vcloud/hostingdotcom/pom.xml
+++ b/vcloud/hostingdotcom/pom.xml
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>jclouds-vcloud</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
-            <type>test-jar</type>
-            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>jclouds-vcloud</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/vcloud/terremark/README.txt b/vcloud/terremark/README.txt
index 287307e71f..9549846e04 100644
--- a/vcloud/terremark/README.txt
+++ b/vcloud/terremark/README.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #
 # The jclouds provider for Terremark's vCloud Express (http://vcloudexpress.terremark.com/) platform.
 #
+# Requires the jclouds-vcloud JAR to be on the classpath.
+#
 # TODO: Implementation status.
 # TODO: Supported features.
 # See http://code.google.com/p/jclouds/wiki/QuickStartTerremark for example usage.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vcloud/terremark/pom.xml b/vcloud/terremark/pom.xml
index ad8c15cf96..6cbd326e34 100755
--- a/vcloud/terremark/pom.xml
+++ b/vcloud/terremark/pom.xml
@@ -51,13 +51,13 @@
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>jclouds-vcloud</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
-            <type>test-jar</type>
-            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>jclouds-vcloud</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>