Snapshot Releases
Still investigating... got this link from query on #asfinfra:
Looks like projects (eg MyFaces CODI) deploy from Hudson CI, see eg CODI deploy job definition.
Releases "Proper"
There's a fantastic write-up (so Mark tells us) about how to release using the stuff inherited from org.apache:apache-parent:7 (as we do). It was put together by Donald Woods, and can be found at
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