I'm aware of the release plugin -- I also was when I wrote it. I didn't see much of a difference between it and the SCM plugin. I replied to such criticism on

I'm aware of the release plugin -- I also was when I wrote it. I didn't see much of a difference between it and the SCM plugin. I replied to such criticism on my post, so I'll just paste that response here: I'm aware of the release plugin. It adds automation to the stuff I said I didn't like in "My Build System is Not My SCM" I do not want "make" tagging my releases. That's not its job and it does not have the information required to do it correctly. My tags look like this: http://pastebin.com/1vQnC78C http://pastebin.com/1vQnC78C Note the following: * List of changes * List of contributors * List of bugs fixed * GPG signature on the tag ensuring cryptographic certainty of the source The maven release plugin cannot do that. It is worse than what I have now.