diff --git a/maven-artifact-ant/pom.xml b/maven-artifact-ant/pom.xml
index 7ed9b823a5..3d426dc6f8 100755
--- a/maven-artifact-ant/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifact-ant/pom.xml
@@ -31,25 +31,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-http-lightweight</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-file</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-ssh</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-scm</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
       <!-- temporarily compile time scope>runtime</scope -->
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <configuration>
           <descriptor>src/main/assembly/dep.xml</descriptor>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/maven-artifact-test/pom.xml b/maven-artifact-test/pom.xml
index 9081527ad8..2650dd04ab 100755
--- a/maven-artifact-test/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifact-test/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-2</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-artifact/pom.xml b/maven-artifact/pom.xml
index 33ee58c226..993630ccf3 100644
--- a/maven-artifact/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-artifact/pom.xml
@@ -11,17 +11,17 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-provider-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-file</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0015/pom.xml b/maven-core-it/it0015/pom.xml
index 8db33da50b..e50aefb297 100644
--- a/maven-core-it/it0015/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core-it/it0015/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>marmalade</groupId>
       <artifactId>marmalade-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
diff --git a/maven-core/pom.xml b/maven-core/pom.xml
index 25072a9096..b44338d6f0 100644
--- a/maven-core/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core/pom.xml
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-provider-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-container-artifact</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
@@ -78,12 +78,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-http-lightweight</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
@@ -92,18 +92,15 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </plugin>
 <!--
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       </plugin>
 -->
     </plugins>
@@ -118,7 +115,6 @@
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <configuration>
           <descriptor>src/assemble/bin.xml</descriptor>
           <finalName>maven-2.0-SNAPSHOT</finalName>
diff --git a/maven-mboot2/pom.xml b/maven-mboot2/pom.xml
index bb158b6e10..f1302196b7 100644
--- a/maven-mboot2/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-mboot2/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.modello</groupId>
       <artifactId>modello-plugin-xpp3</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-2</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-2</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/MBoot.java b/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/MBoot.java
index 392c71835c..374b7404fe 100644
--- a/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/MBoot.java
+++ b/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/MBoot.java
@@ -288,6 +288,9 @@ public class MBoot
         // Install maven-script-parent POM
         installPomFile( localRepository, new File( basedir, "maven-script/pom.xml" ) );
 
+        // Install maven-reporting parent POM
+        installPomFile( localRepository, new File( basedir, "maven-reporting/pom.xml" ) );
+
         // Install it-support POM
         installPomFile( localRepository, new File( basedir, "maven-core-it-support/pom.xml" ) );
 
@@ -414,7 +417,6 @@ public class MBoot
         // lib
         // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-        // TODO: check this - we are transitively including in /lib...
         File lib = new File( dist, "lib" );
 
         lib.mkdirs();
diff --git a/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/download/ArtifactDownloader.java b/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/download/ArtifactDownloader.java
index 01f30e746f..bc8521bdf4 100644
--- a/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/download/ArtifactDownloader.java
+++ b/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/download/ArtifactDownloader.java
@@ -135,14 +135,23 @@ public class ArtifactDownloader
                     log( "Downloading " + metaUrl );
                     try
                     {
-                        HttpUtils.getFile( metaUrl, file, ignoreErrors, false, proxyHost, proxyPort, proxyUserName,
+                        HttpUtils.getFile( metaUrl, file, ignoreErrors, true, proxyHost, proxyPort, proxyUserName,
                                            proxyPassword, false );
                         version = FileUtils.fileRead( file );
                         log( "Resolved version: " + version );
                         dep.setResolvedVersion( version );
-                        String ver = version.substring( version.lastIndexOf( "-", version.lastIndexOf( "-" ) - 1 ) + 1 );
-                        String extension = url.substring( url.length() - 4 );
-                        url = getSnapshotMetadataFile( url, ver + extension );
+                        if ( !version.endsWith( "SNAPSHOT" ) )
+                        {
+                            String ver = version.substring(
+                                version.lastIndexOf( "-", version.lastIndexOf( "-" ) - 1 ) + 1 );
+                            String extension = url.substring( url.length() - 4 );
+                            url = getSnapshotMetadataFile( url, ver + extension );
+                        }
+                        else if ( destinationFile.exists() )
+                        {
+                            // It's already there
+                            return true;
+                        }
                     }
                     catch ( IOException e )
                     {
@@ -151,10 +160,9 @@ public class ArtifactDownloader
                 }
                 if ( !dep.getType().equals( "pom" ) )
                 {
+                    String name = dep.getArtifactId() + "-" + dep.getResolvedVersion() + ".pom";
                     File file = localRepository.getMetadataFile( dep.getGroupId(), dep.getArtifactId(),
-                                                                 dep.getVersion(), dep.getType(),
-                                                                 dep.getArtifactId() + "-" + dep.getResolvedVersion() +
-                                                                 ".pom" );
+                                                                 dep.getVersion(), dep.getType(), name );
 
                     file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
 
diff --git a/maven-model/pom.xml b/maven-model/pom.xml
index 232cfd24e0..a285cd348b 100644
--- a/maven-model/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-model/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.modello</groupId>
         <artifactId>modello-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-alpha-2</version>
         <configuration>
           <version>4.0.0</version>
           <model>maven.mdo</model>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-descriptor/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-descriptor/pom.xml
index 42d2e69308..5d57310070 100755
--- a/maven-plugin-descriptor/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-descriptor/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools/maven-plugin-tools-marmalade/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools/maven-plugin-tools-marmalade/pom.xml
index 354e4fe870..f107738a55 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools/maven-plugin-tools-marmalade/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools/maven-plugin-tools-marmalade/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>marmalade</groupId>
       <artifactId>marmalade-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/pom.xml
index a7e48687fc..fb24f51c01 100755
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.modello</groupId>
         <artifactId>modello-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-alpha-2</version>
         <configuration>
           <model>src/main/mdo/descriptor.mdo</model>
           <version>1.0.0</version>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/pom.xml
index 77bb7b6f94..5ae9f30cd3 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-compiler-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-compiler-javac</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.3</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </model>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-deploy-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-deploy-plugin/pom.xml
index cac77e374b..5d304bdb9c 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-deploy-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-deploy-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-file</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-ssh</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/pom.xml
index 6affb945de..c98afb8c01 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-2</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-resources-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-resources-plugin/pom.xml
index 5490b7d876..26bd947f5c 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-resources-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-resources-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-alpha-1</version>
+      <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </model>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-site-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-site-plugin/pom.xml
index 0b6934c820..f0de16869f 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-site-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-site-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -23,17 +23,17 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>doxia</groupId>
       <artifactId>doxia-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-provider-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-ssh</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-source-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-source-plugin/pom.xml
index 6230737fab..81a0466468 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-source-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-source-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-2</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-surefire-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-surefire-plugin/pom.xml
index 5771abf92b..b89fda780a 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-surefire-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-surefire-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-alpha-1</version>
+      <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </model>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-verifier-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-verifier-plugin/pom.xml
index b173da33d2..498714ac8b 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-verifier-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-verifier-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.modello</groupId>
         <artifactId>modello-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-alpha-2</version>
         <configuration>
           <model>src/main/mdo/verifications.mdo</model>
           <version>1.0.0</version>
diff --git a/maven-project/pom.xml b/maven-project/pom.xml
index 5bae897b62..3e217432e8 100755
--- a/maven-project/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-project/pom.xml
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </model>
diff --git a/maven-reporting/maven-reporting-api/pom.xml b/maven-reporting/maven-reporting-api/pom.xml
index 93131eda20..f2d93dc41f 100644
--- a/maven-reporting/maven-reporting-api/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-reporting/maven-reporting-api/pom.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
     <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>maven-reporting-api</artifactId>
-  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <inceptionYear>2005</inceptionYear>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
@@ -17,7 +15,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>doxia</groupId>
       <artifactId>doxia-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-2</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <!-- build>
diff --git a/maven-reporting/pom.xml b/maven-reporting/pom.xml
index 482cc24911..dc9756176e 100644
--- a/maven-reporting/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-reporting/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
   <artifactId>maven-reporting</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Maven Reporting</name>
-  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <inceptionYear>2005</inceptionYear>
   <modules>
     <module>maven-reporting-api</module>
diff --git a/maven-script/maven-script-marmalade/pom.xml b/maven-script/maven-script-marmalade/pom.xml
index a8de9230cd..f2f6a3b4b6 100644
--- a/maven-script/maven-script-marmalade/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-script/maven-script-marmalade/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>marmalade</groupId>
       <artifactId>marmalade-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-marmalade-factory</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-3</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </model>
diff --git a/maven-settings/pom.xml b/maven-settings/pom.xml
index 513f9f4897..954c337621 100644
--- a/maven-settings/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-settings/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.modello</groupId>
         <artifactId>modello-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0-alpha-2</version>
         <goals>
           <goal>
             <id>xpp3-writer</id>