diff --git a/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/SelectConnector.java b/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/SelectConnector.java
index e1c282e74db..baf31b1f902 100644
--- a/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/SelectConnector.java
+++ b/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/SelectConnector.java
@@ -276,6 +276,11 @@ class SelectConnector extends AggregateLifeCycle implements HttpClient.Connector
             _endp.shutdownOutput();
         }
 
+        public void dispatch()
+        {
+            _endp.asyncDispatch();
+        }
+
         public void asyncDispatch()
         {
             _endp.asyncDispatch();
diff --git a/jetty-distribution/pom.xml b/jetty-distribution/pom.xml
index e93d75c3656..fb442e3963d 100644
--- a/jetty-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -103,6 +103,16 @@
                   <outputDirectory>${assembly-directory}/webapps</outputDirectory>
                   <destFileName>test.war</destFileName>
                 </artifactItem>
+                <artifactItem>
+                  <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.spdy</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>spdy-jetty-http-webapp</artifactId>
+                  <version>${project.version}</version>
+                  <type>war</type>
+                  <overWrite>true</overWrite>
+                  <includes>**</includes>
+                  <outputDirectory>${assembly-directory}/webapps</outputDirectory>
+                  <destFileName>spdy.war</destFileName>
+                </artifactItem>
                 <artifactItem>
                   <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
                   <artifactId>jetty-start</artifactId>
@@ -124,12 +134,24 @@
             </goals>
             <configuration>
               <includeGroupIds>org.eclipse.jetty</includeGroupIds>
-              <excludeGroupIds>org.eclipse.jetty.orbit</excludeGroupIds>
+              <excludeGroupIds>org.eclipse.jetty.orbit,org.eclipse.jetty.spdy</excludeGroupIds>
               <excludeArtifactIds>jetty-all,jetty-start,jetty-monitor,jetty-jsp</excludeArtifactIds>
               <includeTypes>jar</includeTypes>
               <outputDirectory>${assembly-directory}/lib</outputDirectory>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>copy-lib-spdy-deps</id>
+            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <includeGroupIds>org.eclipse.jetty.spdy</includeGroupIds>
+              <includeTypes>jar</includeTypes>
+              <outputDirectory>${assembly-directory}/lib/spdy</outputDirectory>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
           <execution>
             <id>copy-orbit-servlet-api-deps</id>
             <phase>generate-resources</phase>
@@ -222,7 +244,7 @@
               <goal>unpack-dependencies</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <includeGroupIds>org.eclipse.jetty</includeGroupIds>
+              <includeGroupIds>org.eclipse.jetty,org.eclipse.jetty.spdy</includeGroupIds>
               <classifier>config</classifier>
               <failOnMissingClassifierArtifact>false</failOnMissingClassifierArtifact>
               <excludes>META-INF/**</excludes>
@@ -398,6 +420,27 @@
       <artifactId>jetty-overlay-deployer</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.spdy</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spdy-core</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.spdy</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spdy-jetty</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.spdy</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spdy-jetty-http</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.spdy</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spdy-jetty-http-webapp</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <type>war</type>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.aggregate</groupId>
       <artifactId>jetty-all</artifactId>
diff --git a/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/AsyncEndPoint.java b/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/AsyncEndPoint.java
index 992ad7a195a..5a58160ec35 100644
--- a/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/AsyncEndPoint.java
+++ b/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/AsyncEndPoint.java
@@ -19,7 +19,14 @@ public interface AsyncEndPoint extends ConnectedEndPoint
 {
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
     /**
-     * Dispatch the endpoint to a thread to attend to it.
+     * Dispatch the endpoint if it is not already dispatched
+     * 
+     */
+    public void dispatch();
+    
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    /**
+     * Dispatch the endpoint. If it is already dispatched, schedule a redispatch
      * 
      */
     public void asyncDispatch();
diff --git a/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/nio/ChannelEndPoint.java b/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/nio/ChannelEndPoint.java
index 3a72cd2c1c9..828e38e3fcb 100644
--- a/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/nio/ChannelEndPoint.java
+++ b/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/nio/ChannelEndPoint.java
@@ -280,24 +280,17 @@ public class ChannelEndPoint implements EndPoint
         if (buf instanceof NIOBuffer)
         {
             final NIOBuffer nbuf = (NIOBuffer)buf;
-            final ByteBuffer bbuf=nbuf.getByteBuffer();
-
-            //noinspection SynchronizationOnLocalVariableOrMethodParameter
-            synchronized(bbuf)
+            final ByteBuffer bbuf=nbuf.getByteBuffer().asReadOnlyBuffer();
+            try
             {
-                try
-                {
-                    bbuf.position(buffer.getIndex());
-                    bbuf.limit(buffer.putIndex());
-                    len=_channel.write(bbuf);
-                }
-                finally
-                {
-                    if (len>0)
-                        buffer.skip(len);
-                    bbuf.position(0);
-                    bbuf.limit(bbuf.capacity());
-                }
+                bbuf.position(buffer.getIndex());
+                bbuf.limit(buffer.putIndex());
+                len=_channel.write(bbuf);
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                if (len>0)
+                    buffer.skip(len);
             }
         }
         else if (buf instanceof RandomAccessFileBuffer)
@@ -363,46 +356,29 @@ public class ChannelEndPoint implements EndPoint
 
         synchronized(this)
         {
-            // We must sync because buffers may be shared (eg nbuf1 is likely to be cached content).
-            //noinspection SynchronizationOnLocalVariableOrMethodParameter
-            synchronized(bbuf0)
+            // Adjust position indexs of buf0 and buf1
+            bbuf0=bbuf0.asReadOnlyBuffer();
+            bbuf0.position(header.getIndex());
+            bbuf0.limit(header.putIndex());
+            bbuf1=bbuf1.asReadOnlyBuffer();
+            bbuf1.position(buffer.getIndex());
+            bbuf1.limit(buffer.putIndex());
+
+            _gather2[0]=bbuf0;
+            _gather2[1]=bbuf1;
+
+            // do the gathering write.
+            length=(int)((GatheringByteChannel)_channel).write(_gather2);
+
+            int hl=header.length();
+            if (length>hl)
             {
-                //noinspection SynchronizationOnLocalVariableOrMethodParameter
-                synchronized(bbuf1)
-                {
-                    try
-                    {
-                        // Adjust position indexs of buf0 and buf1
-                        bbuf0.position(header.getIndex());
-                        bbuf0.limit(header.putIndex());
-                        bbuf1.position(buffer.getIndex());
-                        bbuf1.limit(buffer.putIndex());
-
-                        _gather2[0]=bbuf0;
-                        _gather2[1]=bbuf1;
-
-                        // do the gathering write.
-                        length=(int)((GatheringByteChannel)_channel).write(_gather2);
-
-                        int hl=header.length();
-                        if (length>hl)
-                        {
-                            header.clear();
-                            buffer.skip(length-hl);
-                        }
-                        else if (length>0)
-                        {
-                            header.skip(length);
-                        }
-                    }
-                    finally
-                    {
-                        bbuf0.position(0);
-                        bbuf1.position(0);
-                        bbuf0.limit(bbuf0.capacity());
-                        bbuf1.limit(bbuf1.capacity());
-                    }
-                }
+                header.clear();
+                buffer.skip(length-hl);
+            }
+            else if (length>0)
+            {
+                header.skip(length);
             }
         }
         return length;
diff --git a/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/nio/SelectChannelEndPoint.java b/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/nio/SelectChannelEndPoint.java
index b24ebd8d0d9..8db704b15d5 100644
--- a/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/nio/SelectChannelEndPoint.java
+++ b/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/nio/SelectChannelEndPoint.java
@@ -208,11 +208,7 @@ public class SelectChannelEndPoint extends ChannelEndPoint implements AsyncEndPo
     {
         synchronized(this)
         {
-            if (_dispatched)
-            {
-                throw new IllegalStateException("dispatched");
-            }
-            else
+            if (!_dispatched)
             {
                 _dispatched = true;
                 boolean dispatched = _manager.dispatch(_handler);
diff --git a/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/nio/SslConnection.java b/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/nio/SslConnection.java
index 41fa232af1e..b4e9791b165 100644
--- a/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/nio/SslConnection.java
+++ b/jetty-io/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/io/nio/SslConnection.java
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ public class SslConnection extends AbstractConnection implements AsyncConnection
 
             // If we are reading into the temp buffer and it has some content, then we should be dispatched.
             if (toFill==_unwrapBuf && _unwrapBuf.hasContent() && !_connection.isSuspended())
-                _aEndp.asyncDispatch();
+                _aEndp.dispatch();
         }
         finally
         {
@@ -721,6 +721,11 @@ public class SslConnection extends AbstractConnection implements AsyncConnection
             process(null, null);
         }
 
+        public void dispatch()
+        {
+            _aEndp.dispatch();
+        }
+
         public void asyncDispatch()
         {
             _aEndp.asyncDispatch();
diff --git a/jetty-nosql/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/nosql/mongodb/MongoSessionManager.java b/jetty-nosql/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/nosql/mongodb/MongoSessionManager.java
index e4eab9e057f..5fb218df2d5 100644
--- a/jetty-nosql/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/nosql/mongodb/MongoSessionManager.java
+++ b/jetty-nosql/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/nosql/mongodb/MongoSessionManager.java
@@ -245,21 +245,37 @@ public class MongoSessionManager extends NoSqlSessionManager
             {
                 for (String name : attrs.keySet())
                 {
-                    if ( __METADATA.equals(name) )
+                    if (__METADATA.equals(name))
                     {
                         continue;
                     }
-                    
+
                     String attr = decodeName(name);
                     Object value = decodeValue(attrs.get(name));
-                    session.doPutOrRemove(attr,value);
-                    session.bindValue(attr,value);
+
+                    if (attrs.keySet().contains(name))
+                    {
+                        session.doPutOrRemove(attr,value);
+                        session.bindValue(attr,value);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        session.doPutOrRemove(attr,value);
+                    }
+                }
+                // cleanup, remove values from session, that don't exist in data anymore:
+                for (String name : session.getNames())
+                {
+                    if (!attrs.keySet().contains(name))
+                    {
+                        session.doPutOrRemove(name,null);
+                        session.unbindValue(name,session.getAttribute(name));
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
             session.didActivate();
-            
-            
+
             return version;
         }
         catch (Exception e)
diff --git a/jetty-security/src/main/config/etc/README.spnego b/jetty-security/src/main/config/etc/README.spnego
index 6bc2123290e..0b4cc5b7ab5 100644
--- a/jetty-security/src/main/config/etc/README.spnego
+++ b/jetty-security/src/main/config/etc/README.spnego
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ The easiest place to put these lines are in the start.ini file.
 For debugging the spengo authentication the following options are helpful:
 
 -Dorg.eclipse.jetty.LEVEL=debug
--Dsun.security.spnego.debug=all 
+-Dsun.security.spnego.debug=true
 
 
 Spengo Authentication is enabled in the webapp with the following setup.
@@ -59,7 +59,4 @@ embedded, via the jetty.xml or in a context file for the webapp.
       </New>
     </Set>
     <Set name="checkWelcomeFiles">true</Set>
-  </Get>
-  
-  
-8
\ No newline at end of file
+  </Get>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jetty-security/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/security/authentication/DigestAuthenticator.java b/jetty-security/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/security/authentication/DigestAuthenticator.java
index 51833fad789..d762ebefbcf 100644
--- a/jetty-security/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/security/authentication/DigestAuthenticator.java
+++ b/jetty-security/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/security/authentication/DigestAuthenticator.java
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ public class DigestAuthenticator extends LoginAuthenticator
         Nonce nonce=_nonceQueue.peek();
         while (nonce!=null && nonce._ts<expired)
         {
-            _nonceQueue.remove();
+            _nonceQueue.remove(nonce);
             _nonceCount.remove(nonce._nonce);
             nonce=_nonceQueue.peek();
         }
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpServerTestBase.java b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpServerTestBase.java
index ccc53ba9e30..6a872a86f3e 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpServerTestBase.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpServerTestBase.java
@@ -32,18 +32,15 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
 import junit.framework.Assert;
 
-import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.io.EndPoint;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.IO;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.StringUtil;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.Log;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.StdErrLog;
-import org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers;
 import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.matchers.JUnitMatchers;
-import org.mockito.internal.matchers.Contains;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThanOrEqualTo;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/SelectChannelServerTest.java b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/SelectChannelServerTest.java
index b8f2b2c55a7..030d90a6053 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/SelectChannelServerTest.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/SelectChannelServerTest.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ public class SelectChannelServerTest extends HttpServerTestBase
     @Override
     public void testSuspendedPipeline() throws Exception
     {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
         super.testSuspendedPipeline();
     }
     
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ssl/SelectChannelServerSslTest.java b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ssl/SelectChannelServerSslTest.java
index 2e6883a2968..4e05e3c563c 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ssl/SelectChannelServerSslTest.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/ssl/SelectChannelServerSslTest.java
@@ -15,20 +15,29 @@ package org.eclipse.jetty.server.ssl;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.net.Socket;
 import java.security.KeyStore;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLEngine;
 import javax.net.ssl.TrustManagerFactory;
 
+
+import org.eclipse.jetty.io.AsyncEndPoint;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.io.Connection;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SslConnection;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpServerTestBase;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.ssl.SslContextFactory;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThan;
 
 /**
  * HttpServer Tester.
@@ -46,11 +55,28 @@ public class SelectChannelServerSslTest extends HttpServerTestBase
         return __sslContext.getSocketFactory().createSocket(host,port);
     }
     
+    private static final AtomicInteger _handlecount = new AtomicInteger();
 
     @BeforeClass
     public static void init() throws Exception
     {   
-        SslSelectChannelConnector connector = new SslSelectChannelConnector();
+        SslSelectChannelConnector connector = new SslSelectChannelConnector()
+        {
+            @Override
+            protected SslConnection newSslConnection(AsyncEndPoint endPoint, SSLEngine engine)
+            {
+                return new SslConnection(engine, endPoint)
+                {
+                    @Override
+                    public Connection handle() throws IOException
+                    {
+                        _handlecount.incrementAndGet();
+                        return super.handle();
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+        };
+        
         String keystorePath = System.getProperty("basedir",".") + "/src/test/resources/keystore";
         SslContextFactory cf = connector.getSslContextFactory();
         cf.setKeyStorePath(keystorePath);
@@ -69,7 +95,6 @@ public class SelectChannelServerSslTest extends HttpServerTestBase
         __sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
         __sslContext.init(null, trustManagerFactory.getTrustManagers(), null);
         
-
         try
         {
             HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(__hostnameverifier);
@@ -105,7 +130,6 @@ public class SelectChannelServerSslTest extends HttpServerTestBase
         {
             OutputStream os=client.getOutputStream();
 
-
             int last=0;
 
             // Write out the fragments
@@ -137,17 +161,17 @@ public class SelectChannelServerSslTest extends HttpServerTestBase
         }
     }
 
-
     @Override
     @Ignore
     public void testAvailable() throws Exception
     {
     }
     
-
     @Override
     public void testSuspendedPipeline() throws Exception
     {
+        _handlecount.set(0);
         super.testSuspendedPipeline();
+        assertThat(_handlecount.get(),lessThan(50));
     }
 }
diff --git a/jetty-spdy/pom.xml b/jetty-spdy/pom.xml
index 39ce044081a..d9e155cc6f3 100644
--- a/jetty-spdy/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-spdy/pom.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Jetty :: SPDY :: Parent</name>
 
+  <properties>
+  <!-- 
+    npn version only needs to change when there are changes in that binary, not 
+    with each and every release.
+   -->
+    <npn.version>7.6.2.v20120308</npn.version>
+  </properties>
+
     <modules>
         <module>spdy-core</module>
         <module>spdy-jetty</module>
diff --git a/jetty-spdy/spdy-jetty-http-webapp/pom.xml b/jetty-spdy/spdy-jetty-http-webapp/pom.xml
index bc40e50409a..e072282c35b 100644
--- a/jetty-spdy/spdy-jetty-http-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-spdy/spdy-jetty-http-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -9,10 +9,27 @@
   <artifactId>spdy-jetty-http-webapp</artifactId>
   <packaging>war</packaging>
   <name>Jetty :: SPDY :: Jetty HTTP Web Application</name>
-  
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+    <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>single</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <descriptorRefs>
+                <descriptorRef>config</descriptorRef>
+              </descriptorRefs>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
   <!--
-      <build>
-        <plugins>
+      
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
             <artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -40,7 +57,7 @@
               </dependency>
             </dependencies>
           </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-      </build>
   -->
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/jetty-spdy/spdy-jetty-http-webapp/src/main/config/jetty-spdy.xml b/jetty-spdy/spdy-jetty-http-webapp/src/main/config/etc/jetty-spdy.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from jetty-spdy/spdy-jetty-http-webapp/src/main/config/jetty-spdy.xml
rename to jetty-spdy/spdy-jetty-http-webapp/src/main/config/etc/jetty-spdy.xml
diff --git a/jetty-spdy/spdy-jetty-http/pom.xml b/jetty-spdy/spdy-jetty-http/pom.xml
index dcb940559db..559020bef45 100644
--- a/jetty-spdy/spdy-jetty-http/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-spdy/spdy-jetty-http/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.spdy</groupId>
     <artifactId>spdy-parent</artifactId>
@@ -10,11 +11,35 @@
   <name>Jetty :: SPDY :: Jetty HTTP Layer</name>
   <build>
     <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>copy</id>
+            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>copy</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <artifactItems>
+                <artifactItem>
+                  <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty.npn</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>npn-boot</artifactId>
+                  <version>${npn.version}</version>
+                  <type>jar</type>
+                  <overWrite>false</overWrite>
+                  <outputDirectory>${build.directory}/npn</outputDirectory>
+                </artifactItem>
+              </artifactItems>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-              <skip>true</skip>
-          <argLine>-Xbootclasspath/p:${settings.localRepository}/org/mortbay/jetty/npn/npn-boot/${project.version}/npn-boot-${project.version}.jar </argLine>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+          <argLine>-Xbootclasspath/p:${build.directory}/npn/npn-boot-${npn.version}.jar </argLine>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
@@ -27,7 +52,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
             <configuration>
-              <skip>true</skip>           
+              <skip>true</skip>
             </configuration>
           </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/jetty-spdy/spdy-jetty/pom.xml b/jetty-spdy/spdy-jetty/pom.xml
index 047b3e37f1e..c202606c671 100644
--- a/jetty-spdy/spdy-jetty/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-spdy/spdy-jetty/pom.xml
@@ -10,11 +10,35 @@
   <name>Jetty :: SPDY :: Jetty Binding</name>
   <build>
     <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>copy</id>
+            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>copy</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <artifactItems>
+                <artifactItem>
+                  <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty.npn</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>npn-boot</artifactId>
+                  <version>${npn.version}</version>
+                  <type>jar</type>
+                  <overWrite>false</overWrite>
+                  <outputDirectory>${build.directory}/npn</outputDirectory>
+                </artifactItem>
+              </artifactItems>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-              <skip>true</skip>
-          <argLine>-Xbootclasspath/p:${settings.localRepository}/org/mortbay/jetty/npn/npn-boot/${project.version}/npn-boot-${project.version}.jar </argLine>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+          <argLine>-Xbootclasspath/p:${build.directory}/npn/npn-boot-${npn.version}.jar </argLine>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/jetty-spdy/spdy-jetty/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/spdy/EmptyAsyncEndPoint.java b/jetty-spdy/spdy-jetty/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/spdy/EmptyAsyncEndPoint.java
index 3d4d7f702de..c1fd5e2e251 100644
--- a/jetty-spdy/spdy-jetty/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/spdy/EmptyAsyncEndPoint.java
+++ b/jetty-spdy/spdy-jetty/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/spdy/EmptyAsyncEndPoint.java
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ public class EmptyAsyncEndPoint implements AsyncEndPoint
     private boolean closed;
     private int maxIdleTime;
 
+    @Override
+    public void dispatch()
+    {
+    }
+    
     @Override
     public void asyncDispatch()
     {
diff --git a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/component/AggregateLifeCycle.java b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/component/AggregateLifeCycle.java
index f19407e0d23..917d9ddfc71 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/component/AggregateLifeCycle.java
+++ b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/component/AggregateLifeCycle.java
@@ -350,10 +350,17 @@ public class AggregateLifeCycle extends AbstractLifeCycle implements Destroyable
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
     public static void dumpObject(Appendable out,Object o) throws IOException
     {
-        if (o instanceof LifeCycle)
-            out.append(String.valueOf(o)).append(" - ").append((AbstractLifeCycle.getState((LifeCycle)o))).append("\n");
-        else
-            out.append(String.valueOf(o)).append("\n"); 
+        try
+        {
+            if (o instanceof LifeCycle)
+                out.append(String.valueOf(o)).append(" - ").append((AbstractLifeCycle.getState((LifeCycle)o))).append("\n");
+            else
+                out.append(String.valueOf(o)).append("\n");
+        }
+        catch(Throwable th)
+        {
+            out.append(" => ").append(th.toString()).append('\n');
+        }
     }
     
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
diff --git a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/thread/QueuedThreadPool.java b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/thread/QueuedThreadPool.java
index e3cccc09dd8..a6ae12096f1 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/thread/QueuedThreadPool.java
+++ b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/thread/QueuedThreadPool.java
@@ -465,12 +465,16 @@ public class QueuedThreadPool extends AbstractLifeCycle implements SizedThreadPo
         {
             final StackTraceElement[] trace=thread.getStackTrace();
             boolean inIdleJobPoll=false;
-            for (StackTraceElement t : trace)
+            // trace can be null on early java 6 jvms
+            if (trace != null)
             {
-                if ("idleJobPoll".equals(t.getMethodName()))
+                for (StackTraceElement t : trace)
                 {
-                    inIdleJobPoll=true;
-                    break;
+                    if ("idleJobPoll".equals(t.getMethodName()))
+                    {
+                        inIdleJobPoll = true;
+                        break;
+                    }
                 }
             }
             final boolean idle=inIdleJobPoll;