[maven-release-plugin] prepare release asterix-0.8.0
diff --git a/asterix-algebra/pom.xml b/asterix-algebra/pom.xml
index dd5c774..c331f94 100644
--- a/asterix-algebra/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-algebra/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>asterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
-		<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.8.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>asterix-algebra</artifactId>
 
@@ -91,25 +91,25 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-runtime</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-aql</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-metadata</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
                 <dependency>
                         <groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
                         <artifactId>asterix-transactions</artifactId>
-                        <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                        <version>0.8.0</version>
                         <scope>compile</scope>
                 </dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/asterix-app/pom.xml b/asterix-app/pom.xml
index a95df89..399ec4f 100644
--- a/asterix-app/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-app/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>asterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
-		<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.8.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>asterix-app</artifactId>
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-algebra</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -155,49 +155,49 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-aql</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-om</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-metadata</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-tools</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
                 <dependency>
                         <groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
                         <artifactId>asterix-common</artifactId>
-                        <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                        <version>0.8.0</version>
                         <type>test-jar</type>
                         <scope>test</scope>
                 </dependency>
                 <dependency>
                         <groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
                         <artifactId>asterix-transactions</artifactId>
-                        <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                        <version>0.8.0</version>
                         <scope>compile</scope>
                 </dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
                 <dependency>
                 	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
                 	<artifactId>asterix-test-framework</artifactId>
-                	<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                	<version>0.8.0</version>
                 	<scope>test</scope>
                 </dependency>
 	</dependencies>
diff --git a/asterix-aql/pom.xml b/asterix-aql/pom.xml
index a448ed4..2a0b03a 100644
--- a/asterix-aql/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-aql/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>asterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
-		<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.8.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>asterix-aql</artifactId>
 	<build>
@@ -118,19 +118,19 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-om</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-metadata</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/asterix-common/pom.xml b/asterix-common/pom.xml
index e3407d0..1b7d480 100644
--- a/asterix-common/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-common/pom.xml
@@ -12,13 +12,12 @@
  ! See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  ! limitations under the License.
  !-->
-<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">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>asterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
-		<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.8.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>asterix-common</artifactId>
 	<build>
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-test-framework</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/asterix-doc/pom.xml b/asterix-doc/pom.xml
index 4db7e89..231e10b 100644
--- a/asterix-doc/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-doc/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>asterix</artifactId>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
-    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>asterix-doc</artifactId>
   <build>
diff --git a/asterix-events/pom.xml b/asterix-events/pom.xml
index 5b37021..8e09b69 100644
--- a/asterix-events/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-events/pom.xml
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
   <parent>
           <artifactId>asterix</artifactId>
           <groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
-          <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          <version>0.8.0</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
   <artifactId>asterix-events</artifactId>
-  <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.0</version>
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
    <dependency>
      <groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
      <artifactId>asterix-common</artifactId>
-     <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+     <version>0.8.0</version>
      <type>jar</type>
      <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/asterix-external-data/pom.xml b/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
index 4b486e2..5e9533f 100644
--- a/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-external-data/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>asterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
-		<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.8.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>asterix-external-data</artifactId>
 
@@ -96,14 +96,14 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-om</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-runtime</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/asterix-installer/pom.xml b/asterix-installer/pom.xml
index 171e5fe..a565326 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-installer/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <parent>
           <artifactId>asterix</artifactId>
           <groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
-          <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          <version>0.8.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>asterix-installer</artifactId>
 	<properties>
@@ -166,35 +166,35 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-events</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
                 <dependency>
                         <groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
                         <artifactId>asterix-common</artifactId>
-                        <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                        <version>0.8.0</version>
                         <type>test-jar</type>
                         <scope>test</scope>
                 </dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-server</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<type>zip</type>
 			<classifier>binary-assembly</classifier>
 		</dependency>
                 <dependency>
                         <groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
                         <artifactId>asterix-test-framework</artifactId>
-                        <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                        <version>0.8.0</version>
                         <scope>test</scope>
                 </dependency>
 	</dependencies>
diff --git a/asterix-maven-plugins/lexer-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/asterix-maven-plugins/lexer-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 12f3b60..2145b88 100644
--- a/asterix-maven-plugins/lexer-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-maven-plugins/lexer-generator-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>asterix-maven-plugins</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
-		<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.8.0</version>
 	</parent>
 
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
diff --git a/asterix-maven-plugins/pom.xml b/asterix-maven-plugins/pom.xml
index 59d25e4..1592587 100644
--- a/asterix-maven-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-maven-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>asterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
-		<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.8.0</version>
 	</parent>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/asterix-metadata/pom.xml b/asterix-metadata/pom.xml
index 0380d9a..adeee10 100644
--- a/asterix-metadata/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-metadata/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>asterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
-		<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.8.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>asterix-metadata</artifactId>
 
@@ -40,25 +40,25 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-om</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-external-data</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-runtime</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/asterix-om/pom.xml b/asterix-om/pom.xml
index 24049ce..8b764f4 100644
--- a/asterix-om/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-om/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>asterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
-		<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.8.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>asterix-om</artifactId>
 
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-common</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-transactions</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/pom.xml b/asterix-runtime/pom.xml
index c36ba2c..4edc24d 100644
--- a/asterix-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>asterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
-		<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.8.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>asterix-runtime</artifactId>
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 	      	<plugin>
 	        	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 	        	<artifactId>lexer-generator-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-	        	<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	        	<version>0.8.0</version>
 	        	<configuration>
 	        	  	<grammarFile>src/main/resources/adm.grammar</grammarFile>
 	        	  	<outputDir>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/adm</outputDir>
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-om</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-transactions</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/asterix-server/pom.xml b/asterix-server/pom.xml
index 27f8ada..013ec76 100644
--- a/asterix-server/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-server/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
     <artifactId>asterix</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
   		<artifactId>asterix-app</artifactId>
-  		<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>0.8.0</version>
   	</dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-test-framework/pom.xml b/asterix-test-framework/pom.xml
index a63fbf6..46f9625 100755
--- a/asterix-test-framework/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-test-framework/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>asterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
-		<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.8.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>asterix-test-framework</artifactId>
 	<build>
diff --git a/asterix-tools/pom.xml b/asterix-tools/pom.xml
index c245294..26c1be2 100644
--- a/asterix-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-tools/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>asterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
-		<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.8.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>asterix-tools</artifactId>
 
@@ -138,13 +138,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-aql</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>asterix-algebra</artifactId>
-			<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.8.0</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/asterix-transactions/pom.xml b/asterix-transactions/pom.xml
index 9693677..8ccc88b 100644
--- a/asterix-transactions/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix-transactions/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>asterix</artifactId>
 		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
-		<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>0.8.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>asterix-transactions</artifactId>
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
                 <dependency>
                         <groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
                         <artifactId>asterix-common</artifactId>
-                        <version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                        <version>0.8.0</version>
                         <type>jar</type>
                         <scope>compile</scope>
                 </dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aa78608..2a9f2a6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.asterix</groupId>
 	<artifactId>asterix</artifactId>
-	<version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>0.8.0</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <properties>