[maven-release-plugin] prepare release reef-project-0.12.0-incubating
diff --git a/lang/cs/pom.xml b/lang/cs/pom.xml
index 41a6e7e..f3f8c36 100644
--- a/lang/cs/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/cs/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 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>
     <artifactId>reef-dotnet</artifactId>
     <name>REEF Dot Net</name>
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 </project>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-annotations/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-annotations/pom.xml
index a686efa..bdc8927 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
 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>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-applications/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-applications/pom.xml
index b7ddb2c..c5b32fe 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-applications/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-applications/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 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>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>REEF Applications</name>
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-applications/reef-vortex/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-applications/reef-vortex/pom.xml
index 2f47ab2..f14a9b4 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-applications/reef-vortex/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-applications/reef-vortex/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 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>
     <artifactId>vortex</artifactId>
     <name>REEF Vortex</name>
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-applications</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-bridge-client/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-bridge-client/pom.xml
index 0209a0f..65833c4 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-bridge-client/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-bridge-client/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 specific language governing permissions and limitations
 under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         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>
     <artifactId>reef-bridge-client</artifactId>
     <name>REEF Bridge (Client)</name>
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-bridge-java/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-bridge-java/pom.xml
index 602b31c..afc2fc4 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-bridge-java/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-bridge-java/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 specific language governing permissions and limitations
 under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         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>
     <artifactId>reef-bridge-java</artifactId>
     <name>REEF Bridge Java</name>
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -123,13 +122,13 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <exportAntProperties>true</exportAntProperties>
                             <target>
-                                <property name="runtime_classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath"/>
+                                <property name="runtime_classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath" />
                                 <exec executable="javah">
-                                    <arg value="-cp"/>
-                                    <arg value="${runtime_classpath}"/>
-                                    <arg value="-d"/>
-                                    <arg value="${project.build.directory}/classes"/>
-                                    <arg value="org.apache.reef.javabridge.NativeInterop"/>
+                                    <arg value="-cp" />
+                                    <arg value="${runtime_classpath}" />
+                                    <arg value="-d" />
+                                    <arg value="${project.build.directory}/classes" />
+                                    <arg value="org.apache.reef.javabridge.NativeInterop" />
                                 </exec>
                             </target>
                         </configuration>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-checkpoint/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-checkpoint/pom.xml
index 336427b..845d85e 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-checkpoint/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-checkpoint/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
 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>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>reef-checkpoint</artifactId>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-common/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-common/pom.xml
index 1501e61..f28c619 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-common/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-common/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
 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>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -42,23 +41,23 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <tasks>
                                 <exec executable="protoc" outputproperty="protoc.version">
-                                    <arg value="--version"/>
+                                    <arg value="--version" />
                                 </exec>
                                 <fail message="${protobuf.version} expected, but protoc version was: ${protoc.version}">
                                     <condition>
                                         <not>
-                                            <contains substring="${protobuf.version}" string="${protoc.version}"/>
+                                            <contains substring="${protobuf.version}" string="${protoc.version}" />
                                         </not>
                                     </condition>
                                 </fail>
-                                <mkdir dir="target/generated-sources/proto"/>
+                                <mkdir dir="target/generated-sources/proto" />
                                 <exec executable="protoc">
-                                    <arg value="--proto_path=src/main/proto/"/>
-                                    <arg value="--java_out=target/generated-sources/proto"/>
-                                    <arg value="src/main/proto/reef_service_protos.proto"/>
-                                    <arg value="src/main/proto/evaluator_runtime.proto"/>
-                                    <arg value="src/main/proto/client_runtime.proto"/>
-                                    <arg value="src/main/proto/reef_protocol.proto"/>
+                                    <arg value="--proto_path=src/main/proto/" />
+                                    <arg value="--java_out=target/generated-sources/proto" />
+                                    <arg value="src/main/proto/reef_service_protos.proto" />
+                                    <arg value="src/main/proto/evaluator_runtime.proto" />
+                                    <arg value="src/main/proto/client_runtime.proto" />
+                                    <arg value="src/main/proto/reef_protocol.proto" />
                                 </exec>
                             </tasks>
                             <sourceRoot>target/generated-sources/proto</sourceRoot>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-examples-clr/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-examples-clr/pom.xml
index 227e1b1..4c7e9b1 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-examples-clr/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-examples-clr/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 specific language governing permissions and limitations
 under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         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>
     <artifactId>reef-examples-clr</artifactId>
     <name>REEF Examples CLR</name>
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -129,7 +128,7 @@
                             <executable>java</executable>
                             <arguments>
                                 <argument>-classpath</argument>
-                                <classpath/>
+                                <classpath />
                                 <argument>-Djava.util.logging.config.class=org.apache.reef.util.logging.Config
                                 </argument>
                                 <!-- <argument>-Dlog4j.debug=true</argument> -->
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-examples-hdinsight/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-examples-hdinsight/pom.xml
index 8b7e641..c3a3b7b 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-examples-hdinsight/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-examples-hdinsight/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 specific language governing permissions and limitations
 under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         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>
     <artifactId>reef-examples-hdinsight</artifactId>
     <name>REEF Examples on HDInsight</name>
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -101,8 +100,7 @@
                         ${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-shaded.jar
                     </outputFile>
                     <transformers>
-                        <transformer
-                                implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+                        <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
                             <manifestEntries>
                                 <Main-Class>
                                     org.apache.reef.runtime.hdinsight.cli.HDICLI
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-examples/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-examples/pom.xml
index a7fbc90..1bdccc3 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-examples/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 specific language governing permissions and limitations
 under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         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>
     <artifactId>reef-examples</artifactId>
     <name>REEF Examples</name>
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -151,7 +150,7 @@
                             <executable>java</executable>
                             <arguments>
                                 <argument>-classpath</argument>
-                                <classpath/>
+                                <classpath />
                                 <argument>-Djava.util.logging.config.class=org.apache.reef.util.logging.Config
                                 </argument>
                                 <!-- <argument>-Dlog4j.debug=true</argument> -->
@@ -176,7 +175,7 @@
                             <executable>java</executable>
                             <arguments>
                                 <argument>-classpath</argument>
-                                <classpath/>
+                                <classpath />
                                 <argument>-Djava.util.logging.config.class=org.apache.reef.util.logging.Config
                                 </argument>
                                 <!-- <argument>-Dlog4j.debug=true</argument> -->
@@ -201,7 +200,7 @@
                             <executable>java</executable>
                             <arguments>
                                 <argument>-classpath</argument>
-                                <classpath/>
+                                <classpath />
                                 <argument>-Djava.util.logging.config.class=org.apache.reef.util.logging.Config
                                 </argument>
                                 <!-- <argument>-Dlog4j.debug=true</argument> -->
@@ -227,7 +226,7 @@
                             <executable>java</executable>
                             <arguments>
                                 <argument>-classpath</argument>
-                                <classpath/>
+                                <classpath />
                                 <argument>-Dcom.microsoft.reef.runtime.local.folder=${project.build.directory}
                                 </argument>
                                 <argument>-Djava.util.logging.config.class=org.apache.reef.util.logging.Config
@@ -258,7 +257,7 @@
                             <executable>java</executable>
                             <arguments>
                                 <argument>-classpath</argument>
-                                <classpath/>
+                                <classpath />
                                 <argument>-Dcom.microsoft.reef.runtime.local.folder=${project.build.directory}
                                 </argument>
                                 <argument>-Djava.util.logging.config.class=org.apache.reef.util.logging.Config
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-io/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-io/pom.xml
index 279cedf..64da4f0 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-io/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-io/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
 specific language governing permissions and limitations
 under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         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>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>reef-io</artifactId>
@@ -39,16 +38,16 @@
                         <phase>generate-sources</phase>
                         <configuration>
                             <tasks>
-                                <mkdir dir="target/generated-sources/proto"/>
+                                <mkdir dir="target/generated-sources/proto" />
                                 <exec executable="protoc">
-                                    <arg value="--proto_path=src/main/proto/"/>
-                                    <arg value="--java_out=target/generated-sources/proto"/>
-                                    <arg value="src/main/proto/ns_protocol.proto"/>
+                                    <arg value="--proto_path=src/main/proto/" />
+                                    <arg value="--java_out=target/generated-sources/proto" />
+                                    <arg value="src/main/proto/ns_protocol.proto" />
                                 </exec>
                                 <exec executable="protoc">
-                                    <arg value="--proto_path=src/main/proto/"/>
-                                    <arg value="--java_out=target/generated-sources/proto"/>
-                                    <arg value="src/main/proto/group_comm_protocol.proto"/>
+                                    <arg value="--proto_path=src/main/proto/" />
+                                    <arg value="--java_out=target/generated-sources/proto" />
+                                    <arg value="src/main/proto/group_comm_protocol.proto" />
                                 </exec>
                             </tasks>
                             <sourceRoot>target/generated-sources/proto</sourceRoot>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-poison/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-poison/pom.xml
index 3812d7e..882798c 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-poison/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-poison/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
 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>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-runtime-hdinsight/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-runtime-hdinsight/pom.xml
index d870d08..90b25dc 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-runtime-hdinsight/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-runtime-hdinsight/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
 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>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <name>REEF Runtime for HDInsight</name>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-runtime-local/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-runtime-local/pom.xml
index aa449b4..a4f0eb1 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-runtime-local/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-runtime-local/pom.xml
@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@
 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>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-runtime-mesos/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-runtime-mesos/pom.xml
index ea83bb2..191f681 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-runtime-mesos/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-runtime-mesos/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
 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>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <name>REEF Runtime for Mesos</name>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-runtime-yarn/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-runtime-yarn/pom.xml
index a0761fe..8811544 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-runtime-yarn/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-runtime-yarn/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
 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>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <name>REEF Runtime for YARN</name>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-tang/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-tang/pom.xml
index 9dc242e..5c9cfac 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-tang/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-tang/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 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>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>REEF Tang Project</name>
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarA/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarA/pom.xml
index 0319a85..30029a7 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarA/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarA/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
 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>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>tang-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>tang-test-jarA</artifactId>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarAB/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarAB/pom.xml
index 6851840..dc2889c 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarAB/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarAB/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
 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>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>tang-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>tang-test-jarAB</artifactId>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarB-conflictA/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarB-conflictA/pom.xml
index 2a79a52..6dd6235 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarB-conflictA/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarB-conflictA/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
 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>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>tang-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>tang-test-jarB-conflictA</artifactId>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarB/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarB/pom.xml
index 8b7fb8e..fa5285b 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarB/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarB/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
 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>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>tang-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>tang-test-jarB</artifactId>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-tang/tang/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-tang/tang/pom.xml
index 6fd625e..ee6b334 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-tang/tang/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-tang/tang/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
 specific language governing permissions and limitations
 under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         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>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>tang-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>tang</artifactId>
@@ -38,12 +37,12 @@
                         <phase>generate-sources</phase>
                         <configuration>
                             <tasks>
-                                <mkdir dir="target/generated-sources/proto"/>
+                                <mkdir dir="target/generated-sources/proto" />
                                 <exec executable="protoc">
-                                    <arg value="--proto_path=src/main/proto/"/>
-                                    <arg value="--java_out=target/generated-sources/proto"/>
-                                    <arg value="src/main/proto/injection_plan.proto"/>
-                                    <arg value="src/main/proto/class_hierarchy.proto"/>
+                                    <arg value="--proto_path=src/main/proto/" />
+                                    <arg value="--java_out=target/generated-sources/proto" />
+                                    <arg value="src/main/proto/injection_plan.proto" />
+                                    <arg value="src/main/proto/class_hierarchy.proto" />
                                 </exec>
                             </tasks>
                             <sourceRoot>target/generated-sources/proto</sourceRoot>
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@
                             <executable>java</executable>
                             <arguments>
                                 <argument>-classpath</argument>
-                                <classpath/>
+                                <classpath />
                                 <argument>org.apache.reef.tang.examples.PrintTypeHierarchy</argument>
                             </arguments>
                         </configuration>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-tests/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-tests/pom.xml
index ef0ecb2..18ac2a3 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-tests/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 specific language governing permissions and limitations
 under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         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>
     <artifactId>reef-tests</artifactId>
     <name>REEF Tests</name>
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-utils-hadoop/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-utils-hadoop/pom.xml
index 03a3f1a..6f98c02 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-utils-hadoop/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-utils-hadoop/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
 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>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-utils/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-utils/pom.xml
index ec8d26f..fd3de52 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-utils/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@
 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>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-wake/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-wake/pom.xml
index 06244be..2533df1 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-wake/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-wake/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 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>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-wake/wake/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-wake/wake/pom.xml
index 10964e7..587967c 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-wake/wake/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-wake/wake/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 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>
     <artifactId>wake</artifactId>
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>wake-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
     </parent>
 
     <build>
@@ -55,16 +54,16 @@
                         <phase>generate-sources</phase>
                         <configuration>
                             <tasks>
-                                <mkdir dir="target/generated-sources/proto"/>
+                                <mkdir dir="target/generated-sources/proto" />
                                 <exec executable="protoc">
-                                    <arg value="--proto_path=src/main/proto/"/>
-                                    <arg value="--java_out=target/generated-sources/proto"/>
-                                    <arg value="src/main/proto/RemoteProtocol.proto"/>
+                                    <arg value="--proto_path=src/main/proto/" />
+                                    <arg value="--java_out=target/generated-sources/proto" />
+                                    <arg value="src/main/proto/RemoteProtocol.proto" />
                                 </exec>
                                 <exec executable="protoc">
-                                    <arg value="--proto_path=src/test/proto/"/>
-                                    <arg value="--java_out=target/generated-sources/proto"/>
-                                    <arg value="src/test/proto/TestProtocol.proto"/>
+                                    <arg value="--proto_path=src/test/proto/" />
+                                    <arg value="--java_out=target/generated-sources/proto" />
+                                    <arg value="src/test/proto/TestProtocol.proto" />
                                 </exec>
                             </tasks>
                             <sourceRoot>target/generated-sources/proto</sourceRoot>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-webserver/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-webserver/pom.xml
index 9c7dcd7..e7b30cd 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-webserver/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-webserver/pom.xml
@@ -17,12 +17,11 @@
 specific language governing permissions and limitations
 under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         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.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f526e07..b67515a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,12 +17,11 @@
 specific language governing permissions and limitations
 under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         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>
     <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
-    <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>REEF</name>
     <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:apache/incubator-reef</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-reef</developerConnection>
         <url>scm:git:git@github.com:apache/incubator-reef</url>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>reef-project-0.12.0-incubating</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <developers>
diff --git a/website/pom.xml b/website/pom.xml
index 5d604aa..056190b 100644
--- a/website/pom.xml
+++ b/website/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.12.0-incubating</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>