[maven-release-plugin] prepare release jclouds-labs-1.8.0-rc1
diff --git a/abiquo/pom.xml b/abiquo/pom.xml
index 4d8d2cc..fa50636 100644
--- a/abiquo/pom.xml
+++ b/abiquo/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-labs</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
   
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.api -->
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Abiquo -->
     <dependency>
@@ -117,27 +117,27 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-sshj</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/cdmi/pom.xml b/cdmi/pom.xml
index 2bbe42d..8e823e1 100644
--- a/cdmi/pom.xml
+++ b/cdmi/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-labs</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.api -->
@@ -55,26 +55,26 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/cloudsigma2-lvs/pom.xml b/cloudsigma2-lvs/pom.xml
index 46d5ebd..3f7b901 100644
--- a/cloudsigma2-lvs/pom.xml
+++ b/cloudsigma2-lvs/pom.xml
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-labs</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.provider -->
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
   <artifactId>cloudsigma2-lvs</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <name>jclouds CloudSigma v2 Las Vegas Provider</name>
   <description>ComputeService binding to the CloudSigma datacenter in SuperNAP Las Vegas</description>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
@@ -65,27 +65,27 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-log4j</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-sshj</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/cloudsigma2-wdc/pom.xml b/cloudsigma2-wdc/pom.xml
index ad6fbba..95d95f9 100644
--- a/cloudsigma2-wdc/pom.xml
+++ b/cloudsigma2-wdc/pom.xml
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-labs</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.apache.jclouds.provider -->
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
   <artifactId>cloudsigma2-wdc</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <name>jclouds CloudSigma v2 Washington DC Provider</name>
   <description>ComputeService binding to the CloudSigma datacenter in Washington DC</description>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
@@ -65,27 +65,27 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-log4j</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-sshj</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/cloudsigma2-zrh/pom.xml b/cloudsigma2-zrh/pom.xml
index 28ab4e8..d0b2571 100644
--- a/cloudsigma2-zrh/pom.xml
+++ b/cloudsigma2-zrh/pom.xml
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-labs</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.provider -->
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
   <artifactId>cloudsigma2-zrh</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <name>jclouds CloudSigma v2 Zurich Provider</name>
   <description>ComputeService binding to the CloudSigma datacenter in Zürich</description>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
@@ -65,27 +65,27 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-log4j</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-sshj</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/cloudsigma2/pom.xml b/cloudsigma2/pom.xml
index 0e221a9..11352d4 100644
--- a/cloudsigma2/pom.xml
+++ b/cloudsigma2/pom.xml
@@ -17,19 +17,18 @@
     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/maven-v4_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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclouds-labs</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.provider -->
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
     <artifactId>cloudsigma2</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
     <name>jclouds CloudSigma v2 API</name>
     <description>ComputeService binding to the CloudSigma v2 API</description>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
@@ -53,32 +52,32 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
             <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <version>1.8.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
             <artifactId>jclouds-sshj</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <version>1.8.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
             <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <version>1.8.0</version>
             <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
             <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <version>1.8.0</version>
             <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
             <artifactId>jclouds-log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <version>1.8.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/digitalocean/pom.xml b/digitalocean/pom.xml
index ae8d972..a732541 100644
--- a/digitalocean/pom.xml
+++ b/digitalocean/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
     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/maven-v4_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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-labs</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.apache.jclouds.provider -->
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <test.digitalocean.endpoint>https://api.digitalocean.com/</test.digitalocean.endpoint>
-    <test.digitalocean.api-version></test.digitalocean.api-version>
+    <test.digitalocean.api-version />
     <test.digitalocean.identity>FIXME</test.digitalocean.identity>
     <test.digitalocean.credential>FIXME</test.digitalocean.credential>
     <!-- CentOS 6.5 x64 -->
@@ -53,25 +52,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-sshj</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/dmtf/pom.xml b/dmtf/pom.xml
index f2902fd..3eb9819 100644
--- a/dmtf/pom.xml
+++ b/dmtf/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-labs</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <!-- TODO: consider merging this with vcloud-director as it is not used anywhere else -->
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/docker/pom.xml b/docker/pom.xml
index 42b9d4d..41a7b24 100644
--- a/docker/pom.xml
+++ b/docker/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
     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/maven-v4_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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-labs</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.provider -->
@@ -51,12 +50,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
@@ -67,27 +66,27 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-sshj</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/fgcp-au/pom.xml b/fgcp-au/pom.xml
index 8e539c0..157c141 100644
--- a/fgcp-au/pom.xml
+++ b/fgcp-au/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-labs</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.provider -->
@@ -70,31 +70,31 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-sshj</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-log4j</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/fgcp-de/pom.xml b/fgcp-de/pom.xml
index 3f929f4..21b805b 100644
--- a/fgcp-de/pom.xml
+++ b/fgcp-de/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-labs</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.provider -->
@@ -70,31 +70,31 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-sshj</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-log4j</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/fgcp/pom.xml b/fgcp/pom.xml
index 7d022d7..4cfe7d4 100644
--- a/fgcp/pom.xml
+++ b/fgcp/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-labs</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.api -->
@@ -71,31 +71,31 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-sshj</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-log4j</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jclouds-management/management-blobstore/pom.xml b/jclouds-management/management-blobstore/pom.xml
index d0b84b3..fdfee2f 100644
--- a/jclouds-management/management-blobstore/pom.xml
+++ b/jclouds-management/management-blobstore/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
     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">
   <parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-management</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/jclouds-management/management-compute/pom.xml b/jclouds-management/management-compute/pom.xml
index 09dce23..9478702 100644
--- a/jclouds-management/management-compute/pom.xml
+++ b/jclouds-management/management-compute/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
     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">
   <parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-management</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/jclouds-management/management-core/pom.xml b/jclouds-management/management-core/pom.xml
index f7d9ceb..4b0a410 100644
--- a/jclouds-management/management-core/pom.xml
+++ b/jclouds-management/management-core/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
     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">
   <parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-management</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -46,7 +44,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs.representations</groupId>
@@ -74,7 +72,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jclouds-management/pom.xml b/jclouds-management/pom.xml
index bb03dad..36e1ced 100644
--- a/jclouds-management/pom.xml
+++ b/jclouds-management/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
     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">
   <parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-labs</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/jclouds-representations/pom.xml b/jclouds-representations/pom.xml
index dc3c306..883c181 100644
--- a/jclouds-representations/pom.xml
+++ b/jclouds-representations/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
     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">
   <parent>
     <artifactId>jclouds-labs</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/jclouds-representations/representations-codec/pom.xml b/jclouds-representations/representations-codec/pom.xml
index bc3adc3..576c5bd 100644
--- a/jclouds-representations/representations-codec/pom.xml
+++ b/jclouds-representations/representations-codec/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
     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">
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-representations</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -56,19 +54,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-blobstore</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -80,7 +78,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jclouds-representations/representations-core/pom.xml b/jclouds-representations/representations-core/pom.xml
index 3068dda..e83ba3a 100644
--- a/jclouds-representations/representations-core/pom.xml
+++ b/jclouds-representations/representations-core/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
     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">
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-representations</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/joyent-cloudapi/pom.xml b/joyent-cloudapi/pom.xml
index 02e0419..7ec5188 100644
--- a/joyent-cloudapi/pom.xml
+++ b/joyent-cloudapi/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-labs</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.api -->
@@ -51,32 +51,32 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-sshj</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/joyentcloud/pom.xml b/joyentcloud/pom.xml
index d4f5696..0731f9c 100644
--- a/joyentcloud/pom.xml
+++ b/joyentcloud/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-labs</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.provider -->
@@ -63,27 +63,27 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-sshj</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6f50b0b..03bff27 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
   <artifactId>jclouds-labs</artifactId>
-  <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.8.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Apache jclouds labs</name>
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/jclouds-labs.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/jclouds-labs.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=jclouds-labs.git</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>jclouds-labs-1.8.0-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/vcloud-director/pom.xml b/vcloud-director/pom.xml
index 7ee78e7..f78cb29 100644
--- a/vcloud-director/pom.xml
+++ b/vcloud-director/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-labs</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.api -->
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
@@ -81,27 +81,27 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-sshj</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/virtualbox/pom.xml b/virtualbox/pom.xml
index 8741a83..ebf26ec 100644
--- a/virtualbox/pom.xml
+++ b/virtualbox/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.labs</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-labs</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <!-- TODO: when out of labs, switch to org.jclouds.api -->
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.virtualbox</groupId>
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-sshj</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.driver</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
@@ -94,14 +94,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
       <artifactId>jclouds-compute</artifactId>
-      <version>${jclouds.version}</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>