I think part of the problem currently is that releases can have snapshot dependencies. A snapshot build is meant to be temporary, so ideally each release is only dependent on other releases. If you want to release a project that depends on a snapshot version of something, you should just ask for an alpha or beta release of that project. At least that way the next snapshot won't overwrite it. After the switch to maven, this behaviour is enforced, and the snapshots will be more clearly separated by snapshots.jboss.org. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4064091#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...