diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/README.maven b/dev-tools/maven/README.maven
index 3c66d8e27b9..9f728ed1a5f 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/README.maven
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/README.maven
@@ -36,27 +36,25 @@ A. How to use nightly Jenkins-built Lucene/Solr Maven artifacts
 
 B. How to generate Lucene/Solr Maven artifacts
 
-   Prerequisites: JDK 1.6+ and Ant 1.7.X
+   Prerequisites: JDK 1.6+ and Ant 1.8.2+
 
    Run 'ant generate-maven-artifacts' to create an internal Maven
    repository, including POMs, binary .jars, source .jars, and javadoc
    .jars.
 
-   You can run the above command in four possible places: the top-level
-   directory; under lucene/; under solr/; or under modules/.  From the
-   top-level directory, from lucene/, or from modules/, the internal
-   repository will be located at dist/maven/.  From solr/, the internal
-   repository will be located at package/maven/.
+   You can run the above command in three possible places: the top-level
+   directory; under lucene/; or under solr/.  From the top-level directory
+   or from lucene/, the internal repository will be located at dist/maven/.
+   From solr/, the internal repository will be located at package/maven/.
 
 
 C. How to deploy Maven artifacts to a repository
 
-   Prerequisites: JDK 1.6+ and Ant 1.7.X
+   Prerequisites: JDK 1.6+ and Ant 1.8.2+
 
-   You can deploy targets for all of Lucene/Solr, only Lucene, only Solr,
-   or only modules/, as in B. above.  To deploy to a Maven repository, the
-   command is the same as in B. above, with the addition of two system
-   properties:
+   You can deploy targets for all of Lucene/Solr, only Lucene, or only Solr,
+   as in B. above.  To deploy to a Maven repository, the command is the same
+   as in B. above, with the addition of two system properties:
 
       ant -Dm2.repository.id=my-repo-id \
           -Dm2.repository.url=http://example.org/my/repo \
@@ -101,7 +99,7 @@ D. How to use Maven to build Lucene/Solr
       the default, you can supply an alternate version on the command line
       with the above command, e.g.:
 
-         ant -Dversion=5.0-my-special-version get-maven-poms
+         ant -Dversion=my-special-version get-maven-poms
 
       Note: if you change the version in the POMs, there is one test method
       that will fail under maven-surefire-plugin:
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/common/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/common/pom.xml.template
index 48841eedea2..2ea7940ea54 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/common/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/common/pom.xml.template
@@ -37,15 +37,9 @@
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency> 
@@ -77,33 +71,5 @@
         </excludes>
       </testResource>
     </testResources>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <extraJvmArguments>-Xmx128M</extraJvmArguments>
-          <repositoryLayout>flat</repositoryLayout>
-          <platforms>
-            <platform>windows</platform>
-            <platform>unix</platform>
-          </platforms>
-          <programs>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.lucene.analysis.charfilter.HtmlStripCharFilter</mainClass>
-              <name>HtmlStripCharFilter</name>
-            </program>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.lucene.analysis.en.PorterStemmer</mainClass>
-              <name>EnglishPorterStemmer</name>
-            </program>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.tartarus.snowball.TestApp</mainClass>
-              <name>SnowballTestApp</name>
-            </program>
-          </programs>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/icu/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/icu/pom.xml.template
index 6f1f8a02539..c1281c79d6a 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/icu/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/icu/pom.xml.template
@@ -40,15 +40,9 @@
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency> 
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/kuromoji/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/kuromoji/pom.xml.template
index 027848da4f7..1447a915c0e 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/kuromoji/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/kuromoji/pom.xml.template
@@ -39,15 +39,9 @@
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency> 
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/morfologik/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/morfologik/pom.xml.template
index e911f9227b5..b520b3e1223 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/morfologik/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/morfologik/pom.xml.template
@@ -39,15 +39,9 @@
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency> 
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/phonetic/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/phonetic/pom.xml.template
index 48694d6efaa..b7498afcb81 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/phonetic/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/phonetic/pom.xml.template
@@ -39,15 +39,9 @@
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency> 
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/smartcn/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/smartcn/pom.xml.template
index 54dbe4ddf71..e045921cbf1 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/smartcn/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/smartcn/pom.xml.template
@@ -37,15 +37,9 @@
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency> 
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/stempel/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/stempel/pom.xml.template
index 479f922b8e3..d10c0933ee3 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/stempel/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/stempel/pom.xml.template
@@ -37,15 +37,9 @@
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency> 
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/uima/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/uima/pom.xml.template
index d328be9496a..81dbac36e4a 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/uima/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/analysis/uima/pom.xml.template
@@ -41,15 +41,9 @@
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency> 
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/benchmark/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/benchmark/pom.xml.template
index 4ced68f7799..c52a3a17020 100755
--- a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/benchmark/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/benchmark/pom.xml.template
@@ -37,15 +37,9 @@
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency> 
@@ -120,41 +114,5 @@
         </includes>
       </testResource>
     </testResources>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <extraJvmArguments>-Xmx128M</extraJvmArguments>
-          <repositoryLayout>flat</repositoryLayout>
-          <platforms>
-            <platform>windows</platform>
-            <platform>unix</platform>
-          </platforms>
-          <programs>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.lucene.benchmark.byTask.Benchmark</mainClass>
-              <name>Benchmark</name>
-            </program>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.lucene.benchmark.quality.trec.QueryDriver</mainClass>
-              <name>QueryDriver</name>
-            </program>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.lucene.benchmark.quality.utils.QualityQueriesFinder</mainClass>
-              <name>QualityQueriesFinder</name>
-            </program>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.lucene.benchmark.utils.ExtractReuters</mainClass>
-              <name>ExtractReuters</name>
-            </program>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.lucene.benchmark.utils.ExtractWikipedia</mainClass>
-              <name>ExtractWikipedia</name>
-            </program>
-          </programs>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/core/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/core/pom.xml.template
index 8c3169bac20..35197d45e13 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/core/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/core/pom.xml.template
@@ -37,15 +37,9 @@
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
@@ -104,40 +98,6 @@
           </systemPropertyVariables>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <extraJvmArguments>-Xmx128M</extraJvmArguments>
-          <repositoryLayout>flat</repositoryLayout>
-          <platforms>
-            <platform>windows</platform>
-            <platform>unix</platform>
-          </platforms>
-          <programs>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.lucene.index.CheckIndex</mainClass>
-              <name>CheckIndex</name>
-            </program>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.lucene.index.IndexReader</mainClass>
-              <name>IndexReader</name>
-            </program>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.lucene.store.LockStressTest</mainClass>
-              <name>LockStressTest</name>
-            </program>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.lucene.store.LockVerifyServer</mainClass>
-              <name>LockVerifyServer</name>
-            </program>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.lucene.util.English</mainClass>
-              <name>English</name>
-            </program>
-          </programs>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/demo/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/demo/pom.xml.template
index 6f715035019..5e24dd85875 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/demo/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/demo/pom.xml.template
@@ -37,15 +37,9 @@
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency> 
@@ -87,30 +81,5 @@
         </excludes>
       </testResource>
     </testResources>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <extraJvmArguments>-Xmx128M</extraJvmArguments>
-          <repositoryLayout>flat</repositoryLayout>
-          <assembleDirectory>${build-directory}</assembleDirectory>
-          <platforms>
-            <platform>windows</platform>
-            <platform>unix</platform>
-          </platforms>
-          <programs>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.lucene.demo.IndexFiles</mainClass>
-              <name>IndexFiles</name>
-            </program>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.lucene.demo.SearchFiles</mainClass>
-              <name>SearchFiles</name>
-            </program>
-          </programs>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/facet/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/facet/pom.xml.template
index ecb4aed95eb..c68a88af720 100755
--- a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/facet/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/facet/pom.xml.template
@@ -39,15 +39,9 @@
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency> 
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/grouping/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/grouping/pom.xml.template
index 5b3838dcace..2b004bf321e 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/grouping/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/grouping/pom.xml.template
@@ -37,15 +37,9 @@
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency> 
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/highlighter/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/highlighter/pom.xml.template
index bcb5a16174e..0d5ef3a5804 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/highlighter/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/highlighter/pom.xml.template
@@ -39,15 +39,9 @@
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency> 
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/join/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/join/pom.xml.template
index afcec5cf47e..4ff18bdf23d 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/join/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/join/pom.xml.template
@@ -37,15 +37,9 @@
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency> 
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/memory/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/memory/pom.xml.template
index c6705ab291d..53de5994821 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/memory/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/memory/pom.xml.template
@@ -39,15 +39,9 @@
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency> 
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/misc/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/misc/pom.xml.template
index 48848a6ab9e..12a60f0f1c8 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/misc/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/misc/pom.xml.template
@@ -37,15 +37,9 @@
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency> 
@@ -72,49 +66,5 @@
         </excludes>
       </testResource>
     </testResources>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <extraJvmArguments>-Xmx128M</extraJvmArguments>
-          <repositoryLayout>flat</repositoryLayout>
-          <platforms>
-            <platform>windows</platform>
-            <platform>unix</platform>
-          </platforms>
-          <programs>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.lucene.index.FieldNormModifier</mainClass>
-              <name>FieldNormModifier</name>
-            </program>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.lucene.index.IndexSplitter</mainClass>
-              <name>IndexSplitter</name>
-            </program>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.lucene.index.MultiPassIndexSplitter</mainClass>
-              <name>MultiPassIndexSplitter</name>
-            </program>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.lucene.misc.GetTermInfo</mainClass>
-              <name>GetTermInfo</name>
-            </program>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.lucene.misc.HighFreqTerms</mainClass>
-              <name>HighFreqTerms</name>
-            </program>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.lucene.misc.IndexMergeTool</mainClass>
-              <name>IndexMergeTool</name>
-            </program>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.lucene.misc.LengthNormModifier</mainClass>
-              <name>LengthNormModifier</name>
-            </program>
-          </programs>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/pom.xml.template
index 9988de379f4..9883aa2024d 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/pom.xml.template
@@ -35,15 +35,9 @@
     <module-directory>lucene</module-directory>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <modules>
     <module>core</module>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/queries/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/queries/pom.xml.template
index 8191bdaab27..864c0b9237e 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/queries/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/queries/pom.xml.template
@@ -37,15 +37,9 @@
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency> 
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/queryparser/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/queryparser/pom.xml.template
index a8804c94f95..b14ffcea6cd 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/queryparser/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/queryparser/pom.xml.template
@@ -37,15 +37,9 @@
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency> 
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/sandbox/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/sandbox/pom.xml.template
index e80cb3df8de..508975f497f 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/sandbox/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/sandbox/pom.xml.template
@@ -37,15 +37,9 @@
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency> 
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/suggest/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/suggest/pom.xml.template
index 68a994b8d05..42ecf7da9e0 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/suggest/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/suggest/pom.xml.template
@@ -37,15 +37,9 @@
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency> 
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/test-framework/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/test-framework/pom.xml.template
index e1aa3a0dd57..f454c523c10 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/lucene/test-framework/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/lucene/test-framework/pom.xml.template
@@ -37,15 +37,9 @@
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/pom.xml.template
index 599e710bb10..0ed4cfc8f6b 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/pom.xml.template
@@ -31,15 +31,18 @@
   <version>@version@</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Grandparent POM for Apache Lucene Core and Apache Solr</name>
-  <description>Parent POM for Apache Lucene Core and Apache Solr</description>
-  <url>http://lucene.apache.org/java</url>
+  <description>Grandparent POM for Apache Lucene Core and Apache Solr</description>
+  <url>http://lucene.apache.org</url>
   <modules>
     <module>lucene</module>
     <module>solr</module>
   </modules>
   <properties>
     <top-level>..</top-level>
-    <base.specification.version>4.0.0</base.specification.version>
+    <vc-anonymous-base-url>http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk</vc-anonymous-base-url>
+    <vc-dev-base-url>https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk</vc-dev-base-url>
+    <vc-browse-base-url>http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk</vc-browse-base-url>
+    <base.specification.version>5.0.0</base.specification.version>
     <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss</maven.build.timestamp.format>
     <java.compat.version>1.6</java.compat.version>
     <jetty.version>8.1.2.v20120308</jetty.version>
@@ -69,11 +72,11 @@
   </properties>
   <issueManagement>
     <system>JIRA</system>
-    <url>http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE</url>
+    <url>https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE</url>
   </issueManagement>
   <ciManagement>
-    <system>Hudson</system>
-    <url>http://lucene.zones.apache.org:8080/hudson/job/Lucene-Nightly/</url>
+    <system>Jenkins</system>
+    <url>https://builds.apache.org/computer/lucene/</url>
   </ciManagement>
   <mailingLists>
     <mailingList>
@@ -109,15 +112,9 @@
   </mailingLists>
   <inceptionYear>2000</inceptionYear>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}</url>
   </scm>
   <licenses>
     <license>
@@ -549,11 +546,6 @@
             </archive>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-          <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.2.1</version>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/analysis-extras/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/analysis-extras/pom.xml.template
index 3f25a5b56e7..4084e4e6497 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/analysis-extras/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/analysis-extras/pom.xml.template
@@ -38,15 +38,9 @@
     <surefire-top-level>${top-level}/../..</surefire-top-level>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/clustering/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/clustering/pom.xml.template
index b0b83868c64..5fa0ebb6690 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/clustering/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/clustering/pom.xml.template
@@ -38,15 +38,9 @@
     <surefire-top-level>${top-level}/../..</surefire-top-level>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler-extras/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler-extras/pom.xml.template
index 2c20418cc92..79f50589108 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler-extras/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler-extras/pom.xml.template
@@ -38,15 +38,9 @@
     <surefire-top-level>${top-level}/../..</surefire-top-level>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler/pom.xml.template
index 6faca81705f..e1a7894936b 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler/pom.xml.template
@@ -38,15 +38,9 @@
     <surefire-top-level>${top-level}/../..</surefire-top-level>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/extraction/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/extraction/pom.xml.template
index d96ab506a75..5b235868601 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/extraction/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/extraction/pom.xml.template
@@ -41,15 +41,9 @@
     <surefire-top-level>${top-level}/../..</surefire-top-level>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/langid/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/langid/pom.xml.template
index 4c3b21eb238..cf4dd8a874f 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/langid/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/langid/pom.xml.template
@@ -42,15 +42,9 @@
     <surefire-top-level>${top-level}/../..</surefire-top-level>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/uima/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/uima/pom.xml.template
index efbe59a1b5f..b671ec9f8d5 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/uima/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/uima/pom.xml.template
@@ -38,15 +38,9 @@
     <surefire-top-level>${top-level}/../..</surefire-top-level>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/velocity/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/velocity/pom.xml.template
index ca4be60399f..51ff7823665 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/velocity/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/solr/contrib/velocity/pom.xml.template
@@ -38,15 +38,9 @@
     <surefire-top-level>${top-level}/../..</surefire-top-level>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/solr/core/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/solr/core/pom.xml.template
index f91c89d8d78..22f4cd23d01 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/solr/core/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/solr/core/pom.xml.template
@@ -38,15 +38,9 @@
     <surefire-top-level>${top-level}/../..</surefire-top-level>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
@@ -254,37 +248,6 @@
           </systemPropertyVariables>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <extraJvmArguments>-Xmx128M</extraJvmArguments>
-          <repositoryLayout>flat</repositoryLayout>
-          <platforms>
-            <platform>windows</platform>
-            <platform>unix</platform>
-          </platforms>
-          <programs>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.solr.client.solrj.embedded.JettySolrRunner</mainClass>
-              <name>JettySolrRunner</name>
-            </program>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.solr.util.BitSetPerf</mainClass>
-              <name>BitSetPerf</name>
-              <extraJvmArguments>-Xms128m -Xbatch</extraJvmArguments>
-            </program>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.solr.util.SimplePostTool</mainClass>
-              <name>SimplePostTool</name>
-            </program>
-            <program>
-              <mainClass>org.apache.solr.util.SuggestMissingFactories</mainClass>
-              <name>SuggestMissingFactories</name>
-            </program>
-          </programs>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/solr/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/solr/pom.xml.template
index 66c884061d6..6c546006a70 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/solr/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/solr/pom.xml.template
@@ -43,26 +43,14 @@
     <module-directory>solr</module-directory>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <issueManagement>
     <system>JIRA</system>
-    <url>http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR</url>
+    <url>https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR</url>
   </issueManagement>
-  <ciManagement>
-    <system>Hudson</system>
-    <url>
-      http://lucene.zones.apache.org:8080/hudson/job/Solr-Nightly/
-    </url>
-  </ciManagement>
   <mailingLists>
     <mailingList>
       <name>Solr User List</name>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/solr/solrj/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/solr/solrj/pom.xml.template
index a2520e3b078..68904112e8c 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/solr/solrj/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/solr/solrj/pom.xml.template
@@ -37,15 +37,9 @@
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/solr/test-framework/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/solr/test-framework/pom.xml.template
index f4692c62868..a3ae9539a54 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/solr/test-framework/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/solr/test-framework/pom.xml.template
@@ -37,15 +37,9 @@
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <!-- These dependencies are compile scope because this is a test framework. -->
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/solr/webapp/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/solr/webapp/pom.xml.template
index 98d8d4adcd7..ce20f26b761 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/solr/webapp/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/solr/webapp/pom.xml.template
@@ -37,15 +37,9 @@
     <module-path>${top-level}/${module-directory}</module-path>
   </properties>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </developerConnection>
-    <url>
-      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/${module-directory}
-    </url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:${vc-anonymous-base-url}/${module-directory}</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:${vc-dev-base-url}/${module-directory}</developerConnection>
+    <url>${vc-browse-base-url}/${module-directory}</url>
   </scm>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>