local checkout is much faster

pom.xml

@@ -148,12 +148,13 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0-beta-9</version>
+        <version>2.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- enable release profile during the release, create IPS package, and sign bits. -->
           <prepareVerifyArgs>-P release,sign</prepareVerifyArgs>
           <goals>-DskipTests javadoc:javadoc animal-sniffer:check deploy javadoc:aggregate</goals>
-          <remoteTagging>true</remoteTagging><!-- work around http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SCM-406 -->
+          <pushChanges>false</pushChanges>
+          <localCheckout>true</localCheckout>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>