However, this doesn't explain why the tagging during release is
failing.
I do see another change in the "jboss-releases" distribution management
repository config for jboss-parent-5-beta-5:
<distributionManagement>
<repository>
<id>jboss-releases</id>
<name>JBoss Release Repository</name>
<url>${jboss.releases.repo.url}</url>
</repository>
and the ${jboss.releases.repo.url} points to:
<
jboss.releases.repo.url>scm:svn:https://svn.jboss.org/repos/repository...
In the earlier versions, this used to point to the local checkout of the
maven repo:
<distributionManagement>
<repository>
<!-- Copy the distribution jar file to a local checkout of the maven
repository
- This variable can be set in $MAVEN_HOME/conf/settings.xml -->
<id>repository.jboss.org</id>
<url>file://${maven.repository.root}</url>
</repository>
Not sure if this is causing the release issues. Maybe Paul knows?