[maven-release-plugin] prepare release jclouds-1.6.0-rc.4
diff --git a/all/pom.xml b/all/pom.xml
index 1445b22..e3efdcd 100644
--- a/all/pom.xml
+++ b/all/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>        
-        <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-all</artifactId>
diff --git a/allblobstore/pom.xml b/allblobstore/pom.xml
index 5737d61..87e8ff9 100644
--- a/allblobstore/pom.xml
+++ b/allblobstore/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>        
-        <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-allblobstore</artifactId>
diff --git a/allcompute/pom.xml b/allcompute/pom.xml
index 679a26f..88d8199 100644
--- a/allcompute/pom.xml
+++ b/allcompute/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>        
-        <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-allcompute</artifactId>
diff --git a/allloadbalancer/pom.xml b/allloadbalancer/pom.xml
index e739572..d7a8d67 100644
--- a/allloadbalancer/pom.xml
+++ b/allloadbalancer/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>        
-        <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-allloadbalancer</artifactId>
diff --git a/apis/atmos/pom.xml b/apis/atmos/pom.xml
index f922165..db2e0d7 100644
--- a/apis/atmos/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/atmos/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/apis/byon/pom.xml b/apis/byon/pom.xml
index a3dac75..ed6cb3e 100644
--- a/apis/byon/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/byon/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/apis/cloudfiles/pom.xml b/apis/cloudfiles/pom.xml
index 1d090de..f8d051c 100644
--- a/apis/cloudfiles/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/cloudfiles/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/cloudservers/pom.xml b/apis/cloudservers/pom.xml
index b18ae1c..4011751 100644
--- a/apis/cloudservers/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/cloudservers/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/apis/cloudsigma/pom.xml b/apis/cloudsigma/pom.xml
index 84a6714..3b8b990 100644
--- a/apis/cloudsigma/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/cloudsigma/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/cloudstack/pom.xml b/apis/cloudstack/pom.xml
index 97a9452..540bb4d 100644
--- a/apis/cloudstack/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/cloudstack/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/cloudwatch/pom.xml b/apis/cloudwatch/pom.xml
index 189c560..8722bf4 100644
--- a/apis/cloudwatch/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/cloudwatch/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/ec2/pom.xml b/apis/ec2/pom.xml
index 6dab354..be8f5f7 100644
--- a/apis/ec2/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/ec2/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/elasticstack/pom.xml b/apis/elasticstack/pom.xml
index 31e37b8..030e1f4 100644
--- a/apis/elasticstack/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/elasticstack/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/filesystem/pom.xml b/apis/filesystem/pom.xml
index 517a236..405e606 100644
--- a/apis/filesystem/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/filesystem/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/openstack-cinder/pom.xml b/apis/openstack-cinder/pom.xml
index 253f6ff..8438901 100644
--- a/apis/openstack-cinder/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/openstack-cinder/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/openstack-keystone/pom.xml b/apis/openstack-keystone/pom.xml
index bff39b3..482aaa4 100644
--- a/apis/openstack-keystone/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/openstack-keystone/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/openstack-nova-ec2/pom.xml b/apis/openstack-nova-ec2/pom.xml
index b6428ca..17ec7b7 100644
--- a/apis/openstack-nova-ec2/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/openstack-nova-ec2/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
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   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/openstack-nova/pom.xml b/apis/openstack-nova/pom.xml
index e2ef56d..a9f2556 100644
--- a/apis/openstack-nova/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
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   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/pom.xml b/apis/pom.xml
index 4d5607e..e29f751 100644
--- a/apis/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
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diff --git a/apis/rackspace-cloudidentity/pom.xml b/apis/rackspace-cloudidentity/pom.xml
index dbd8e73..0b995cb 100644
--- a/apis/rackspace-cloudidentity/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/rackspace-cloudidentity/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
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   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/rackspace-cloudloadbalancers/pom.xml b/apis/rackspace-cloudloadbalancers/pom.xml
index 1cfc325..0ad4d50 100644
--- a/apis/rackspace-cloudloadbalancers/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/rackspace-cloudloadbalancers/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
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   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/route53/pom.xml b/apis/route53/pom.xml
index e894644..a4d3844 100644
--- a/apis/route53/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/route53/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
     <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
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   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/s3/pom.xml b/apis/s3/pom.xml
index 17de087..29ad160 100644
--- a/apis/s3/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/s3/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
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   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/sqs/pom.xml b/apis/sqs/pom.xml
index 8205efd..3a92951 100644
--- a/apis/sqs/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/sqs/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
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     <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/sts/pom.xml b/apis/sts/pom.xml
index 614f22f..7411dfd 100644
--- a/apis/sts/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/sts/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
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   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/swift/pom.xml b/apis/swift/pom.xml
index 17a35d1..3740808 100644
--- a/apis/swift/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/swift/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
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   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/apis/vcloud/pom.xml b/apis/vcloud/pom.xml
index 294c11d..ec6fc76 100644
--- a/apis/vcloud/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/vcloud/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
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   <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/pom.xml b/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/pom.xml
index e1a5d40..8086530 100644
--- a/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
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     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-compute-service-archetype</artifactId>
diff --git a/archetypes/pom.xml b/archetypes/pom.xml
index 69fe1ff..aa6ac16 100644
--- a/archetypes/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
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     <artifactId>jclouds-archetypes</artifactId>
diff --git a/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/pom.xml b/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/pom.xml
index cdf7fe2..864c56a 100644
--- a/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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-        <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
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     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-rest-client-archetype</artifactId>
diff --git a/assemblies/pom.xml b/assemblies/pom.xml
index be66a43..3c40625 100644
--- a/assemblies/pom.xml
+++ b/assemblies/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
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     <artifactId>jclouds-assemblies</artifactId>
diff --git a/blobstore/pom.xml b/blobstore/pom.xml
index 7bb777d..7ce5e43 100644
--- a/blobstore/pom.xml
+++ b/blobstore/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
         <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         <connection>scm:svn:http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/blobstore</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/blobstore</developerConnection>
         <url>http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/blobstore</url>
-      <tag>HEAD</tag>
+      <tag>jclouds-1.6.0-rc.4</tag>
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     <properties>
diff --git a/common/azure/pom.xml b/common/azure/pom.xml
index a962989..b54575e 100644
--- a/common/azure/pom.xml
+++ b/common/azure/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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-        <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
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     <groupId>org.jclouds.common</groupId>
diff --git a/common/openstack/pom.xml b/common/openstack/pom.xml
index 0edacdf..a5e6722 100644
--- a/common/openstack/pom.xml
+++ b/common/openstack/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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+        <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
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diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index d59b98e..5a634ec 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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-        <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
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     <groupId>org.jclouds.common</groupId>
diff --git a/common/trmk/pom.xml b/common/trmk/pom.xml
index b5884b6..55f1eb9 100644
--- a/common/trmk/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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diff --git a/compute/pom.xml b/compute/pom.xml
index 3251879..6a20b19 100644
--- a/compute/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index a4e1192..d255c83 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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+        <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
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     <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
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-      <tag>HEAD</tag>
+      <tag>jclouds-1.6.0-rc.4</tag>
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     <properties>
diff --git a/drivers/apachehc/pom.xml b/drivers/apachehc/pom.xml
index b6c5f1f..da4e40f 100644
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+        <version>1.6.0-rc.4</version>
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diff --git a/drivers/bouncycastle/pom.xml b/drivers/bouncycastle/pom.xml
index e0e25df..ee571bf 100644
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