Preparing for release 0.8.1
diff --git a/build-tools/pom.xml b/build-tools/pom.xml
index b613e17..4afb5fd 100644
--- a/build-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/build-tools/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-build-tools</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr Build Tools</name>
   <distributionManagement>
     <repository>
diff --git a/cli/pom.xml b/cli/pom.xml
index 3807e5f..062d61a 100644
--- a/cli/pom.xml
+++ b/cli/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index f6f0d3a..2a37b29 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-core</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-  <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.1</version>
   <properties>
     <osgi.import>
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diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 15c43d9..076a9ce 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
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     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-examples</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-  <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr Examples</name>
   <properties>
     <osgi.import>
diff --git a/platforms/karaf/commands/pom.xml b/platforms/karaf/commands/pom.xml
index f50e8a1..8c21e22 100644
--- a/platforms/karaf/commands/pom.xml
+++ b/platforms/karaf/commands/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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     <artifactId>karaf</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
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   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/platforms/karaf/feature/pom.xml b/platforms/karaf/feature/pom.xml
index a1b6e12..06fb0ac 100644
--- a/platforms/karaf/feature/pom.xml
+++ b/platforms/karaf/feature/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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     <artifactId>karaf</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
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   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/platforms/karaf/itests/pom.xml b/platforms/karaf/itests/pom.xml
index eb106f0..71e5cc3 100644
--- a/platforms/karaf/itests/pom.xml
+++ b/platforms/karaf/itests/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -122,4 +122,4 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/platforms/karaf/pom.xml b/platforms/karaf/pom.xml
index 979ae45..5d18c78 100644
--- a/platforms/karaf/pom.xml
+++ b/platforms/karaf/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -84,4 +84,4 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 160071e..1915a05 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-  <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.1</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Whirr</name>
diff --git a/services/cassandra/pom.xml b/services/cassandra/pom.xml
index 3395967..1c89913 100644
--- a/services/cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/services/cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-cassandra</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-  <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr Cassandra</name>
   <properties>
     <osgi.import>
diff --git a/services/cdh-oldtests/pom.xml b/services/cdh-oldtests/pom.xml
index bd03ad7..e352044 100644
--- a/services/cdh-oldtests/pom.xml
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@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
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     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-cdh-oldtests</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr CDH Old Tests</name>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/services/cdh/pom.xml b/services/cdh/pom.xml
index def1dbf..e19b6c8 100644
--- a/services/cdh/pom.xml
+++ b/services/cdh/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
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     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-cdh</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-  <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr CDH</name>
   <properties>
     <osgi.import>
diff --git a/services/chef/pom.xml b/services/chef/pom.xml
index 08d0cc4..76ab38f 100644
--- a/services/chef/pom.xml
+++ b/services/chef/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>whirr-chef</artifactId>
diff --git a/services/elasticsearch/pom.xml b/services/elasticsearch/pom.xml
index efa129b..0672d51 100644
--- a/services/elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/services/elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-elasticsearch</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-  <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr ElasticSearch</name>
   <properties>
     <osgi.import>
diff --git a/services/ganglia/pom.xml b/services/ganglia/pom.xml
index f13aee4..67f427c 100644
--- a/services/ganglia/pom.xml
+++ b/services/ganglia/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
diff --git a/services/hadoop/pom.xml b/services/hadoop/pom.xml
index 9cd2b24..0beeec2 100644
--- a/services/hadoop/pom.xml
+++ b/services/hadoop/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-hadoop</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-  <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr Hadoop</name>
   <properties>
     <osgi.import>
diff --git a/services/hama/pom.xml b/services/hama/pom.xml
index 09e3579..f2fd7a7 100644
--- a/services/hama/pom.xml
+++ b/services/hama/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-hama</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-  <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr Hama</name>
   <properties>
     <hadoop.version>0.20.2</hadoop.version>
diff --git a/services/hbase-oldtests/pom.xml b/services/hbase-oldtests/pom.xml
index 9385269..5b96428 100644
--- a/services/hbase-oldtests/pom.xml
+++ b/services/hbase-oldtests/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-hbase-oldtests</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr HBase Old Tests</name>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/services/hbase/pom.xml b/services/hbase/pom.xml
index 2bc4256..7bca4e1 100644
--- a/services/hbase/pom.xml
+++ b/services/hbase/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-hbase</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-  <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr HBase</name>
   <properties>
     <osgi.import>
diff --git a/services/mahout/pom.xml b/services/mahout/pom.xml
index cb36af6..a414c57 100644
--- a/services/mahout/pom.xml
+++ b/services/mahout/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
diff --git a/services/pig/pom.xml b/services/pig/pom.xml
index b52ad8a..2d3aeb2 100644
--- a/services/pig/pom.xml
+++ b/services/pig/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
diff --git a/services/puppet/pom.xml b/services/puppet/pom.xml
index 9e36d1f..d6deace 100644
--- a/services/puppet/pom.xml
+++ b/services/puppet/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>whirr-puppet</artifactId>
diff --git a/services/solr/pom.xml b/services/solr/pom.xml
index f8f84e3..3a6cb39 100644
--- a/services/solr/pom.xml
+++ b/services/solr/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-solr</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-  <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr Solr</name>
   <url>http://wiki.apache.org/solr</url>
   <properties>
diff --git a/services/voldemort/pom.xml b/services/voldemort/pom.xml
index 7f47077..20fa47f 100644
--- a/services/voldemort/pom.xml
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@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-voldemort</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-  <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr Voldemort</name>
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     <osgi.import>
diff --git a/services/yarn/pom.xml b/services/yarn/pom.xml
index ebebced..7055946 100644
--- a/services/yarn/pom.xml
+++ b/services/yarn/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-yarn</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-  <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr YARN</name>
   <properties>
     <hadoop.version>0.20.2</hadoop.version>
diff --git a/services/zookeeper/pom.xml b/services/zookeeper/pom.xml
index a651a69..e3f5889 100644
--- a/services/zookeeper/pom.xml
+++ b/services/zookeeper/pom.xml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
     <artifactId>whirr</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.8.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.whirr</groupId>
   <artifactId>whirr-zookeeper</artifactId>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-  <version>0.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.8.1</version>
   <name>Apache Whirr ZooKeeper</name>
   <properties>
     <osgi.import>
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/release-notes.xml b/src/site/xdoc/release-notes.xml
index e5f4349..8d02b9e 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/release-notes.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/release-notes.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,40 @@
     <body>
     <!-- Paste release notes from https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR here. -->
 
+    <h1>Release Notes - Whirr - Version 0.8.1</h1>
+
+<h2>        Bug
+</h2>
+<ul>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-641'>WHIRR-641</a>] -         No longer possible to hardcode password for bootstrap user
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-642'>WHIRR-642</a>] -         Whirr writes the AWS Secret key to the stdout. is it an unforeseen byproduct or intended behavior?
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-645'>WHIRR-645</a>] -         Race condition between collocated namenode and jobtracker start/init services
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-646'>WHIRR-646</a>] -         Integration tests should have failsafe timeouts
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-648'>WHIRR-648</a>] -         CDH repo install removes other repos with same prefix
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-666'>WHIRR-666</a>] -         Upgrade to jclouds 1.5.1
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h2>        Improvement
+</h2>
+<ul>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-593'>WHIRR-593</a>] -         Upgrade to jclouds 1.5.0
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-638'>WHIRR-638</a>] -         Paramaterize OAB Java install
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-649'>WHIRR-649</a>] -         Make install_cdh_hadoop.sh idempotent, fast failing if already run
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-654'>WHIRR-654</a>] -         Tell RAT to avoid checking atlassian-idex.xml
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIRR-659'>WHIRR-659</a>] -         Upgrade to jclouds 1.5.0
+</li>
+</ul>
+
         <h1>Release Notes - Whirr - Version 0.8.0</h1>
 
 <h2>        Sub-task