diff --git a/BUILDING.txt b/BUILDING.txt
index 4a4bc9998b..662bd2577a 100644
--- a/BUILDING.txt
+++ b/BUILDING.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Maven build goals:
  * Run Rat                   : mvn apache-rat:check
  * Build javadocs            : mvn javadoc:javadoc
  * Build distribution        : mvn package [-Pdist][-Pdocs][-Psrc][-Pnative][-Dtar]
+ * Change Hadoop version     : mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=NEWVERSION
 
  Build options:
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 16c5576418..60ed0e5843 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ Trunk (unreleased changes)
     MAPREDUCE-3192. Fix Javadoc warning in JobClient.java and Cluster.java.
     (jitendra)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-3003. Publish MR JARs to Maven snapshot repository. (tucu)
+
 Release 0.23.0 - Unreleased
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/pom.xml
index 0f12598fc1..5770ad699e 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>${hadoop-mapreduce.version}</version>
+    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-app</artifactId>
+  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-mapreduce-client-app</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <install.file>${project.artifact.file}</install.file>
     <applink.base>${project.build.directory}/${project.name}</applink.base>
     <mr.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</mr.basedir>
   </properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/pom.xml
index d367a9ead2..6cd3eef456 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>${hadoop-mapreduce.version}</version>
+    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-common</artifactId>
+  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-mapreduce-client-common</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <install.file>${project.artifact.file}</install.file>
     <mr.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</mr.basedir>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/pom.xml
index be98eb7cdf..5cf2e26e2b 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>${hadoop-mapreduce.version}</version>
+    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-core</artifactId>
+  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-mapreduce-client-core</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <install.file>${project.artifact.file}</install.file>
     <mr.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</mr.basedir>
   </properties>
   
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/pom.xml
index b9e409cad6..0bc9601dee 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>${hadoop-mapreduce.version}</version>
+    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs</artifactId>
+  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <install.file>${project.artifact.file}</install.file>
     <mr.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</mr.basedir>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/pom.xml
index ef388fcd86..2180444319 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>${hadoop-mapreduce.version}</version>
+    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient</artifactId>
+  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <install.file>${project.artifact.file}</install.file>
     <fork.mode>always</fork.mode>
     <mr.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</mr.basedir>
   </properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle/pom.xml
index 20a27eebd6..bdb1aba307 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>${hadoop-mapreduce.version}</version>
+    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle</artifactId>
+  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <install.file>${project.artifact.file}</install.file>
     <mr.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</mr.basedir>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
index 2a5cef3cbc..de288836ba 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce</artifactId>
-    <version>${hadoop-mapreduce.version}</version>
+    <artifactId>hadoop-project</artifactId>
+    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../../hadoop-project</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client</artifactId>
+  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-mapreduce-client</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
@@ -35,99 +37,222 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-yarn</artifactId>
-        <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
         <type>pom</type>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-api</artifactId>
-        <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server</artifactId>
-        <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
         <type>pom</type>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-common</artifactId>
-        <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <!-- end MNG-4223 workaround -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <!-- mr security depends on hdfs -->
         <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
-        <version>${hadoop-hdfs.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-common</artifactId>
-        <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-common</artifactId>
-        <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
         <type>test-jar</type>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
         <type>test-jar</type>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager</artifactId>
-        <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager</artifactId>
-        <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager</artifactId>
-        <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
         <type>test-jar</type> 
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-core</artifactId>
-        <version>${hadoop-mapreduce.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-common</artifactId>
-        <version>${hadoop-mapreduce.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-app</artifactId>
-        <version>${hadoop-mapreduce.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-app</artifactId>
-        <version>${hadoop-mapreduce.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
         <type>test-jar</type>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs</artifactId>
-        <version>${hadoop-mapreduce.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle</artifactId>
-        <version>${hadoop-mapreduce.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+      <version>2.4.0a</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+      <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
+      <version>1.5.3</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jetty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
+          <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
+          <artifactId>velocity</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <artifactId>paranamer-ant</artifactId>
+          <groupId>com.thoughtworks.paranamer</groupId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-el</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-el</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-runtime</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-compiler</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jsp-2.1-jetty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>hsqldb</groupId>
+          <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+       <version>1.6.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+       <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+       <version>1.6.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-annotations</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
+      <version>1.8.5</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <!-- needed for security and runtime -->
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.inject.extensions</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guice-servlet</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>4.8.2</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
+      <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+      <version>3.2.3.Final</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.cenqua.clover</groupId>
+      <artifactId>clover</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0.2</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+  </dependencies>
+  
   <modules>
     <module>hadoop-mapreduce-client-core</module>
     <module>hadoop-mapreduce-client-common</module>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml
index 52fe416f46..4ae00f814a 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-api</artifactId>
+  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-api</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <install.file>${project.artifact.file}</install.file>
     <yarn.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</yarn.basedir>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell/pom.xml
index 406ec436d5..06c99ece4e 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-applications</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell</artifactId>
+  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <install.file>${project.artifact.file}</install.file>
     <yarn.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</yarn.basedir>
   </properties>
 
@@ -32,37 +32,37 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-common</artifactId>
-      <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
-      <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
-      <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-common</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
-      <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-tests</artifactId>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
-      <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/pom.xml
index 713731004f..ecd886bb96 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/pom.xml
@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-applications</artifactId>
+  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-applications</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
index a2f6bbfcca..971a273dfe 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-common</artifactId>
+  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-common</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <install.file>${project.artifact.file}</install.file>
     <yarn.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</yarn.basedir>
   </properties>
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
             <configuration>
               <executable>scripts/saveVersion.sh</executable>
               <arguments>
-                <argument>${yarn.version}</argument>
+                <argument>${project.version}</argument>
                 <argument>${project.build.directory}</argument>
               </arguments>
             </configuration>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/pom.xml
index ed6c3b5a4d..c7532ad5fa 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-common</artifactId>
+  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-server-common</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <install.file>${project.artifact.file}</install.file>
     <yarn.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</yarn.basedir>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml
index 7017342993..38d956afdc 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager</artifactId>
+  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <install.file>${project.artifact.file}</install.file>
     <yarn.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</yarn.basedir>
     <container-executor.conf.dir>/etc/hadoop</container-executor.conf.dir>
   </properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
index d94f597314..193a9439bb 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager</artifactId>
+  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <install.file>${project.artifact.file}</install.file>
     <yarn.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</yarn.basedir>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-tests/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-tests/pom.xml
index e3b44bd0a4..1d6d691356 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-tests/pom.xml
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-tests</artifactId>
+  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-server-tests</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <install.file>${project.artifact.file}</install.file>
     <yarn.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</yarn.basedir>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/pom.xml
index 12d7226c1e..9997cb22ab 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/pom.xml
@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server</artifactId>
+  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-server</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/pom.xml
index 83d7c29a28..33295a02d9 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>hadoop-yarn</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-site</artifactId>
+  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-site</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <install.file>${project.artifact.file}</install.file>
     <yarn.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</yarn.basedir>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
index 7ff5fa7341..cc5098df1b 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
@@ -14,9 +14,15 @@
 -->
 <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.hadoop</groupId>
+    <artifactId>hadoop-project</artifactId>
+    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../../hadoop-project</relativePath>
+  </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn</artifactId>
-  <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>hadoop-yarn</name>
   <url>http://hadoop.apache.org/mapreduce</url>
@@ -25,14 +31,21 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <test.logs>true</test.logs>
     <test.timeout>600000</test.timeout>
-    <hadoop.assemblies.version>${project.version}</hadoop.assemblies.version>
-    <hadoop-common.version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</hadoop-common.version>
-    <hadoop-hdfs.version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</hadoop-hdfs.version>
-    <yarn.version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</yarn.version>
-    <install.pom>${project.build.directory}/saner-pom.xml</install.pom>
-    <install.file>${install.pom}</install.file>
     <yarn.basedir>${basedir}</yarn.basedir>
   </properties>
+  
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>apache.releases.https</id>
+      <name>Apache Release Distribution Repository</name>
+      <url>https://repository.apache.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2</url>
+    </repository>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>apache.snapshots.https</id>
+      <name>Apache Development Snapshot Repository</name>
+      <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+  </distributionManagement>
 
   <repositories>
     <repository>
@@ -54,6 +67,126 @@
   </repositories>
 
   <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+      <version>2.4.0a</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+      <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
+      <version>1.5.3</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jetty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
+          <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
+          <artifactId>velocity</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <artifactId>paranamer-ant</artifactId>
+          <groupId>com.thoughtworks.paranamer</groupId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-el</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-el</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-runtime</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-compiler</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jsp-2.1-jetty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>hsqldb</groupId>
+          <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+       <version>1.6.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+       <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+       <version>1.6.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-annotations</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
+      <version>1.8.5</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <!-- needed for security and runtime -->
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.inject.extensions</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guice-servlet</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>4.8.2</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
+      <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+      <version>3.2.3.Final</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.cenqua.clover</groupId>
+      <artifactId>clover</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0.2</version>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
@@ -93,7 +226,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-      <version>${hadoop-common.version}</version>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
@@ -124,7 +257,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>${hadoop-common.version}</version>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -141,14 +274,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-      <version>${hadoop-common.version}</version>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
-      <version>${hadoop-hdfs.version}</version>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -183,33 +316,33 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-api</artifactId>
-        <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-common</artifactId>
-        <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-common</artifactId>
-        <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
         <type>test-jar</type>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-common</artifactId>
-        <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager</artifactId>
-        <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager</artifactId>
-        <version>${yarn.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
@@ -317,86 +450,6 @@
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
     <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <dependencies>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hadoop-assemblies</artifactId>
-            <version>${hadoop.assemblies.version}</version>
-          </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
-        <configuration>
-          <tarLongFileMode>gnu</tarLongFileMode>
-          <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-          <attach>false</attach>
-          <finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName>
-          <descriptorRefs>
-            <descriptorRef>hadoop-mapreduce-dist</descriptorRef>
-          </descriptorRefs>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>tar</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>santize-pom</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <target>
-                <echo message="project.build.directory: ${project.build.directory}"/>
-                <copy file="pom.xml" tofile="${install.pom}">
-                  <filterchain>
-                    <!-- we'll have to wait for ant 1.8.3 for the following
-                    <expandproperties>
-                      <propertyset regex=".*version$">
-                      </propertyset>
-                    </expandproperties>
-                    until then an even uglier workaround: -->
-                    <tokenfilter>
-                      <replaceregex pattern="\$\{hadoop-common.version}"
-                          replace="${hadoop-common.version}" flags="g"/>
-                      <replaceregex pattern="\$\{hadoop-hdfs.version}"
-                          replace="${hadoop-hdfs.version}" flags="g"/>
-                      <replaceregex pattern="\$\{yarn.version}"
-                          replace="${yarn.version}" flags="g"/>
-                    </tokenfilter>
-                  </filterchain>
-                </copy>
-              </target>
-            </configuration>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>run</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>install-sanitized-pom</id>
-            <configuration>
-              <file>${install.file}</file>
-              <pomFile>${install.pom}</pomFile>
-            </configuration>
-            <phase>install</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>install-file</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
        <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/ivy.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/ivy.xml
index b0a472639b..f886bfa3f5 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/ivy.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/ivy.xml
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@
    <exclude org="javax.jms"/> 
    <exclude org="javax.mail"/> 
    <exclude org="org.apache.hadoop" module="avro"/> 
+   <exclude org="org.apache.commons" module="commons-daemon"/> 
 
  </dependencies>
   
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
index cd2d013d52..5ac9b4301a 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
@@ -15,9 +15,15 @@
 
 <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.hadoop</groupId>
+    <artifactId>hadoop-project</artifactId>
+    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../hadoop-project</relativePath>
+  </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce</artifactId>
-  <version>${hadoop-mapreduce.version}</version>
+  <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>hadoop-mapreduce</name>
   <url>http://hadoop.apache.org/mapreduce/</url>
@@ -26,36 +32,15 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <test.logs>true</test.logs>
     <test.timeout>600000</test.timeout>
-    <hadoop.assemblies.version>${project.version}</hadoop.assemblies.version>
-    <hadoop-common.version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</hadoop-common.version>
-    <hadoop-hdfs.version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</hadoop-hdfs.version>
-    <hadoop-mapreduce.version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</hadoop-mapreduce.version>
-    <yarn.version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</yarn.version>
-    <install.pom>${project.build.directory}/saner-pom.xml</install.pom>
-    <install.file>${install.pom}</install.file>
     <fork.mode>once</fork.mode>
     <mr.basedir>${basedir}</mr.basedir>
   </properties>
-
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>repository.jboss.org</id>
-      <url>http://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-    <repository>
-      <id>apache.snapshots</id>
-      <url>http://repository.apache.org/snapshots</url>
-      <!-- until we move to hadoop-common/hdfs trunk and/or maven 3 -->
-      <!-- cf. MNG-4326 -->
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>true</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
+  
+  <modules>
+    <module>hadoop-yarn</module>
+    <module>hadoop-mapreduce-client</module>
+  </modules>
+  
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
@@ -96,7 +81,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-      <version>${hadoop-common.version}</version>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
@@ -121,7 +106,7 @@
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
-
+ 
     <dependency>
      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
        <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
@@ -135,7 +120,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>${hadoop-common.version}</version>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
@@ -146,7 +131,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-      <version>${hadoop-common.version}</version>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -154,7 +139,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <!-- needed for security and runtime -->
       <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
-      <version>${hadoop-hdfs.version}</version>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.inject.extensions</groupId>
@@ -176,9 +161,9 @@
       <artifactId>clover</artifactId>
       <version>3.0.2</version>
     </dependency>
-
+ 
   </dependencies>
-
+  
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
@@ -271,37 +256,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
         <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>santize-pom</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <target>
-                <copy file="pom.xml" tofile="${install.pom}">
-                  <filterchain>
-                    <!-- we'll have to wait for ant 1.8.3 for the following
-                    <expandproperties>
-                      <propertyset regex=".*version$">
-                      </propertyset>
-                    </expandproperties>
-                    until then an even uglier workaround: -->
-                    <tokenfilter>
-                      <replaceregex pattern="\$\{hadoop-common.version}"
-                          replace="${hadoop-common.version}" flags="g"/>
-                      <replaceregex pattern="\$\{hadoop-hdfs.version}"
-                          replace="${hadoop-hdfs.version}" flags="g"/>
-                      <replaceregex pattern="\$\{hadoop-mapreduce.version}"
-                          replace="${hadoop-mapreduce.version}" flags="g"/>
-                      <replaceregex pattern="\$\{yarn.version}"
-                          replace="${yarn.version}" flags="g"/>
-                    </tokenfilter>
-                  </filterchain>
-                </copy>
-              </target>
-            </configuration>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>run</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
           <execution>
             <id>tar</id>
             <phase>package</phase>
@@ -331,22 +285,6 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>install-sanitized-pom</id>
-            <configuration>
-              <file>${install.file}</file>
-              <pomFile>${install.pom}</pomFile>
-            </configuration>
-            <phase>install</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>install-file</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -442,10 +380,6 @@
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
-  <modules>
-    <module>hadoop-yarn</module>
-    <module>hadoop-mapreduce-client</module>
-  </modules>
 
   <reporting>
     <plugins>
diff --git a/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml b/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
index 517b6f90af..5ccf9f2c29 100644
--- a/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
               <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
                 <artifactId>hadoop-assemblies</artifactId>
-                <version>${hadoop.assemblies.version}</version>
+                <version>${project.version}</version>
               </dependency>
             </dependencies>
             <executions>
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 418a3edf6f..c44f3e2f21 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
 -->
 <project>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+    <artifactId>hadoop-main</artifactId>
+    <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-project</artifactId>
   <version>0.24.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -21,39 +26,6 @@
   <name>Apache Hadoop Project POM</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <repository>
-      <id>apache.releases.https</id>
-      <name>Apache Release Distribution Repository</name>
-      <url>https://repository.apache.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2</url>
-    </repository>
-    <snapshotRepository>
-      <id>apache.snapshots.https</id>
-      <name>${distMgmtSnapshotsName}</name>
-      <url>${distMgmtSnapshotsUrl}</url>
-    </snapshotRepository>
-  </distributionManagement>
-
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>apache.snapshots.https</id>
-      <name>${distMgmtSnapshotsName}</name>
-      <url>${distMgmtSnapshotsUrl}</url>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
-  <licenses>
-    <license>
-      <name>The Apache Software License, Version 2.0</name>
-      <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
-    </license>
-  </licenses>
-
-  <organization>
-    <name>Apache Software Foundation</name>
-    <url>http://www.apache.org</url>
-  </organization>
-
   <properties>
     <failIfNoTests>false</failIfNoTests>
     <maven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile>true</maven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile>
@@ -65,16 +37,13 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
-    <!-- These 2 versions are defined here becuase they are used in the *-docs -->
-    <!-- module(s) for JDIFF generation from embedded ant in the antrun plugin -->
+    <!-- These 2 versions are defined here becuase they are used -->
+    <!-- JDIFF generation from embedded ant in the antrun plugin -->
     <hadoop.annotations.version>${project.version}</hadoop.annotations.version>
     <jdiff.version>1.0.9</jdiff.version>
 
     <hadoop.assemblies.version>${project.version}</hadoop.assemblies.version>
 
-    <distMgmtSnapshotsName>Apache Development Snapshot Repository</distMgmtSnapshotsName>
-    <distMgmtSnapshotsUrl>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots</distMgmtSnapshotsUrl>
-
     <commons-daemon.version>1.0.3</commons-daemon.version>
     
     <test.build.dir>${project.build.directory}/test-dir</test.build.dir>
@@ -91,7 +60,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-assemblies</artifactId>
-        <version>${hadoop.assemblies.version}</version>
+        <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
@@ -415,11 +384,6 @@
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.0</version>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -480,11 +444,6 @@
           <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>2.6</version>
         </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
-          <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>0.7</version>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>native-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -500,11 +459,6 @@
           <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>2.1.2</version>
         </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.5</version>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
           <artifactId>avro-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -534,44 +488,6 @@
     </pluginManagement>
 
     <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-        <inherited>false</inherited>
-        <configuration>
-          <rules>
-            <requireMavenVersion>
-              <version>[3.0.0,)</version>
-            </requireMavenVersion>
-            <requireJavaVersion>
-              <version>1.6</version>
-            </requireJavaVersion>
-          </rules>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>clean</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>enforce</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <phase>pre-clean</phase>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>default</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>enforce</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <phase>validate</phase>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>site</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>enforce</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <phase>pre-site</phase>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 67a6c96597..c257050b02 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,34 @@
   <name>Apache Hadoop Main</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>apache.releases.https</id>
+      <name>Apache Release Distribution Repository</name>
+      <url>https://repository.apache.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2</url>
+    </repository>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>apache.snapshots.https</id>
+      <name>${distMgmtSnapshotsName}</name>
+      <url>${distMgmtSnapshotsUrl}</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>apache.snapshots.https</id>
+      <name>${distMgmtSnapshotsName}</name>
+      <url>${distMgmtSnapshotsUrl}</url>
+    </repository>
+    <repository>
+      <id>repository.jboss.org</id>
+      <url>http://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+
   <licenses>
     <license>
       <name>The Apache Software License, Version 2.0</name>
@@ -33,6 +61,11 @@
     <url>http://www.apache.org</url>
   </organization>
 
+  <properties>
+    <distMgmtSnapshotsName>Apache Development Snapshot Repository</distMgmtSnapshotsName>
+    <distMgmtSnapshotsUrl>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots</distMgmtSnapshotsUrl>
+  </properties>
+
   <modules>
     <module>hadoop-project</module>
     <module>hadoop-project-dist</module>
@@ -52,11 +85,6 @@
           <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>1.0</version>
         </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.2-beta-3</version>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -114,12 +142,6 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <skip>true</skip>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
         <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>