diff --git a/opensuse/rsync.sh b/opensuse/rsync.sh
index b92ea587cff3918c7d49f257b039fc2e507a2b78..05565cce30fa2d0ccbab46dac497c7d68b9849b6 100755
--- a/opensuse/rsync.sh
+++ b/opensuse/rsync.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash -ex
 createrepo .
-GPG_AGENT_INFO= ./repomd-sign $(cat ~/.gpg.passphrase) repodata/repomd.xml
+gpg -a --detach-sign --yes --no-use-agent --passphrase-file ~/.gpg.passphrase repodata/repomd.xml
 cp hudson-ci.org.key repodata/repomd.xml.key
 rsync -avz *.key readme.html RPMS repodata hudson-ci.org:~/www/hudson-ci.org/opensuse
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fe0917529fea44787975a1399d0b3231cf08271a..8955075c95c185764e045daa306728247c1da52d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -103,11 +103,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
         <configuration>
           <!-- enable release profile during the release, create IPS package, and sign bits. -->
           <prepareVerifyArgs>-P release,ips,sign</prepareVerifyArgs>
-          <!--
-            also run assembly during the release.
-            http://www.nabble.com/Release-Plugin%3A-Include-assemblies-for-deploying-tf2642295s177.html#a7377938
-           -->
-          <goals>-DskipTests install javadoc:javadoc animal-sniffer:check assembly:attached deploy javadoc:aggregate</goals>
+          <goals>-DskipTests javadoc:javadoc animal-sniffer:check deploy javadoc:aggregate</goals>
           <remoteTagging>true</remoteTagging><!-- work around http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SCM-406 -->
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
@@ -121,16 +117,6 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
           <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <inherited>false</inherited>
-        <configuration>
-          <finalName>hudson-${version}</finalName>
-          <descriptors>
-            <descriptor>assembly-src.xml</descriptor>
-          </descriptors>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-remote-resources-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>1.0</version>
@@ -260,6 +246,31 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
         </plugins>
       </build>
     </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>release</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+            <inherited>false</inherited>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>attached</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <phase>package</phase>
+                <configuration>
+                  <finalName>hudson-${version}</finalName>
+                  <descriptors>
+                    <descriptor>assembly-src.xml</descriptor>
+                  </descriptors>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
   </profiles>
   
   <repositories>
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 4f6ae85945c2c780d796a708c5d061e06e71827f..b598aa46b120096b2f0f55cb5ecf7fb140a2f471 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ cat war/target/hudson-war-$id.ipstgz | ssh wsinterop.sun.com "cd ips/repository;
 ssh wsinterop.sun.com "cd ips; ./start.sh"
 
 pushd $WWW
+svn update changelog.html 
 svn commit -m "Hudson $id released" changelog.html hudson.jnlp
 popd