diff --git a/geronimo-connector/pom.xml b/geronimo-connector/pom.xml
index 02d6375..958a66e 100644
--- a/geronimo-connector/pom.xml
+++ b/geronimo-connector/pom.xml
@@ -23,12 +23,11 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.genesis.config</groupId>
-        <artifactId>project-config</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.components</groupId>
+        <artifactId>geronimo-txmanager-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
-    <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.components</groupId>
     <artifactId>geronimo-connector</artifactId>
     <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>Geronimo :: Connector</name>
@@ -44,46 +43,11 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
             <artifactId>geronimo-j2ee-connector_1.5_spec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <pluginManagement>
-            <plugins>
-
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.0-alpha-2</version>
-                </plugin>
-
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.0-alpha-4</version>
-                </plugin>
-                
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <archive>
-                            <!-- Do not include META-INF/maven to avoid long file problems on windows -->
-                            <addMavenDescriptor>false</addMavenDescriptor>
-                        </archive>
-                    </configuration>
-                    <executions>
-                      <execution>
-                        <goals>
-                          <goal>test-jar</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                      </execution>
-                    </executions>
-                </plugin>
-            </plugins>
-        </pluginManagement>
+    <build><!--
 
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
@@ -97,12 +61,12 @@
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
                             <rules>
-                                <!-- Allow any Java >= 1.5, but not 1.6 or above -->
+                                --><!-- Allow any Java >= 1.5, but not 1.6 or above --><!--
                                 <requireJavaVersion>
                                     <version>[1.5,1.6)</version>
                                 </requireJavaVersion>
                                 
-                                <!-- Allow any Maven >= 2.0.5 -->
+                                --><!-- Allow any Maven >= 2.0.5 --><!--
                                 <requireMavenVersion>
                                     <version>[2.0.5,)</version>
                                 </requireMavenVersion>
@@ -116,7 +80,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.genesis.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>tools-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 
-                <!-- Tools includes custom packagings, install as extension to pick them up -->
+                --><!-- Tools includes custom packagings, install as extension to pick them up --><!--
                 <extensions>true</extensions>
 
                 <executions>
@@ -127,7 +91,7 @@
                             <goal>copy-legal-files</goal>
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
-                            <!-- Fail the build if no legal files were copied -->
+                            --><!-- Fail the build if no legal files were copied --><!--
                             <strict>true</strict>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
@@ -139,8 +103,8 @@
                             <goal>verify-legal-files</goal>
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
-                            <!-- Fail the build if no legal files were found -->
-                            <!--<strict>true</strict>-->
+                            --><!-- Fail the build if no legal files were found --><!--
+                            --><!--<strict>true</strict>--><!--
                             <strict>false</strict>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
@@ -174,7 +138,7 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
-    </build>
+    --></build>
 
 </project>
 
diff --git a/geronimo-transaction/pom.xml b/geronimo-transaction/pom.xml
index 97e8565..a122c59 100644
--- a/geronimo-transaction/pom.xml
+++ b/geronimo-transaction/pom.xml
@@ -24,12 +24,11 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.genesis.config</groupId>
-        <artifactId>project-config</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.components</groupId>
+        <artifactId>geronimo-txmanager-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
-    <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.components</groupId>
     <artifactId>geronimo-transaction</artifactId>
     <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>Geronimo :: Transaction</name>
@@ -39,25 +38,21 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.4</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
             <artifactId>geronimo-jta_1.1_spec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
             <artifactId>geronimo-j2ee-connector_1.5_spec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.objectweb.howl</groupId>
             <artifactId>howl</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.1-1</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2c929e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!--
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+    The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+    (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+    the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+    limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+<!-- $Rev$ $Date$ -->
+
+<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.genesis.config</groupId>
+        <artifactId>project-config</artifactId>
+        <version>1.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.components</groupId>
+    <artifactId>geronimo-txmanager-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <name>Geronimo :: TxManager :: Parent</name>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>geronimo-transaction</module>
+        <module>geronimo-connector</module>
+    </modules>
+
+    <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0.4</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
+            <artifactId>geronimo-jta_1.1_spec</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
+            <artifactId>geronimo-j2ee-connector_1.5_spec</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.objectweb.howl</groupId>
+            <artifactId>howl</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0.1-1</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+    </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
+
+    <build>
+        <pluginManagement>
+            <plugins>
+
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>1.0-alpha-2</version>
+                </plugin>
+
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>2.0-alpha-4</version>
+                </plugin>
+                
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <archive>
+                            <!-- Do not include META-INF/maven to avoid long file problems on windows -->
+                            <addMavenDescriptor>false</addMavenDescriptor>
+                        </archive>
+                    </configuration>
+                    <executions>
+                      <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                          <goal>test-jar</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                      </execution>
+                    </executions>
+                </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
+
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>validate</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>enforce</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <rules>
+                                <!-- Allow any Java >= 1.5, but not 1.6 or above -->
+                                <requireJavaVersion>
+                                    <version>[1.5,1.6)</version>
+                                </requireJavaVersion>
+                                
+                                <!-- Allow any Maven >= 2.0.5 -->
+                                <requireMavenVersion>
+                                    <version>[2.0.5,)</version>
+                                </requireMavenVersion>
+                            </rules>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.genesis.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>tools-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+
+                <!-- Tools includes custom packagings, install as extension to pick them up -->
+                <extensions>true</extensions>
+
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>install-legal-files</id>
+                        <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>copy-legal-files</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <!-- Fail the build if no legal files were copied -->
+                            <strict>true</strict>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>verify-legal-files</id>
+                        <phase>verify</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>verify-legal-files</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <!-- Fail the build if no legal files were found -->
+                            <!--<strict>true</strict>-->
+                            <strict>false</strict>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>1.5</source>
+                    <target>1.5</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-idea-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <jdkName>1.5</jdkName>
+                    <jdkLevel>1.5</jdkLevel>
+                    <linkModules>true</linkModules>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <tagBase>https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/geronimo/components/txmanager/tags</tagBase>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
+