diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index ef3581ac..41b2cb7d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ for detailed view of each issue, please consult http://issues.apache.org/jira/br
 - FIX: Maven pom license url can contain xml entities (IVY-950)
 - FIX: Maven pom license has name as optional element (IVY-949)
 - FIX: Ivy doesn't throw an error when the parent POM cannot be loaded (IVY-931)
+- FIX: Maven pom parser is not handling pom property ${project.parent.version} (IVY-955)
+- FIX: inline resolve ignores the transitive attribute (IVY-958)
 
    2.0.0-rc1
 =====================================
diff --git a/build-release.xml b/build-release.xml
index 278af155..36a9f8e5 100644
--- a/build-release.xml
+++ b/build-release.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 -->
 <project name="IvyRelease" default="snapshot" 
 		xmlns:ivy="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant"
-		xmlns:xooki="antlib:xooki">
+		xmlns:xooki="antlib:xooki"
+		xmlns:openpgp="antlib:org.apache.commons.openpgp.ant">
 	<import file="build.xml"/>
 	
 	<taskdef uri="antlib:xooki" file="${doc.src.dir}/xooki/antlib.xml" />
@@ -201,8 +202,67 @@
 	</target>
 	
 	<target name="release-version">
-		<input message="please enter version: " addproperty="build.version"/>
-		<input message="please enter status: (integration,milestone,release)" addproperty="status"/>
+		<property name="build.version" value="${target.ivy.version}" />
+		<echo>Setting version to ${build.version}</echo>
+		<condition property="status" value="release">
+			<matches pattern="^\d+\.\d+\.\d+$" string="${build.version}"/>
+		</condition>
+		<condition property="status" value="milestone">
+			<matches pattern="^\d+\.\d+\.\d+-(alpha|beta|rc)\d+$" string="${build.version}"/>
+		</condition>
+		<property name="status" value="integration" />
+		<echo>Setting status to ${status}</echo>
+	</target>
+	
+	<target name="sign" depends="init-ivy">
+		<ivy:settings id="sign.settingsId" file="ivysettings-signtask.xml" />
+		<ivy:cachepath organisation="org.apache.commons" settingsRef="sign.settingsId" transitive="false"
+				module="commons-openpgp" revision="1.0-SNAPSHOT" inline="true" pathid="openpgp.classpath"/>
+		<ivy:cachepath organisation="bouncycastle" settingsRef="sign.settingsId"
+				module="bcprov-jdk16" revision="140" inline="true" pathid="bouncycastle.bcprov.classpath"/>
+		
+		<!-- Didn't find the jdk1.6 bcpg dependency, using the jdk1.5 version instead -->
+		<ivy:cachepath organisation="bouncycastle" settingsRef="sign.settingsId" transitive="false"
+				module="bcpg-jdk15" revision="140" inline="true" pathid="bouncycastle.bcpg.classpath"/>
+		
+		<property file="${user.home}/ivybuild.properties" />
+		<input message="please enter your PGP password: " addproperty="pgp.password"/>
+		<input message="please enter your PGP keyId: " addproperty="pgp.keyId"/>
+		
+		<!--
+			For some reason, if we use the openpgp:signer task here directly, the bouncycastle security
+			provider cannot be loaded. If we launch it as a forked process everything works fine !?!
+		-->
+		<java classname="org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher"
+				fork="true">
+			<classpath>
+				<fileset dir="${ant.home}" includes="**/*.jar" />
+				<path refid="bouncycastle.bcprov.classpath" />
+				<path refid="bouncycastle.bcpg.classpath" />
+				<path refid="openpgp.classpath" />
+			</classpath>
+			<arg line="-f build-release.xml" />
+			<arg line="sign-internal" />
+			<arg line="-Dpgp.password=${pgp.password}" />
+			<arg line="-Dpgp.keyId=${pgp.keyId}" />
+		</java>
+	</target>
+		
+	<target name="sign-internal">
+		<property file="build.properties" />
+		<taskdef resource="org/apache/commons/openpgp/ant/antlib.xml" uri="antlib:org.apache.commons.openpgp.ant" />
+		<openpgp:signer secring="${user.home}/.gnupg/secring.gpg"
+						pubring="${user.home}/.gnupg/pubring.gpg"
+						password="${pgp.password}" 
+						keyid="${pgp.keyId}"
+						asciiarmor="true">
+			<fileset dir="${distrib.dir}">
+				<include name="**/*.pom"/>
+				<include name="**/*.jar"/>
+				<include name="**/*.zip"/>
+				<include name="**/*.gz"/>
+			</fileset>
+		</openpgp:signer>
 	</target>
 	
 	<target name="prepare-snapshot" 
diff --git a/build.properties b/build.properties
index 00467d39..2fed3b26 100644
--- a/build.properties
+++ b/build.properties
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ ivy.minimum.javaversion=1.4
 debug.mode=on
 ivy.install.version=1.4.1
 
-status=integration
+#status=integration
 
 test.class.pattern = *Test
 
diff --git a/doc/dev/makerelease.html b/doc/dev/makerelease.html
index dc75e870..dda6c72e 100644
--- a/doc/dev/makerelease.html
+++ b/doc/dev/makerelease.html
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ svn status
 If your working copy is clean, you can launch the release script. If it isn't, make sure to clean it properly. Sometimes you may need to call ant clean-all if you have started to work with ant builds. If you are confused about your working copy state, delete it and check it out again.
 <h3>8. Launch the release script</h3>
 <code>
-ant -Dbuild.version=2.0.0-beta1 -Dstatus=milestone -f build-release.xml release
+ant -f build-release.xml release
 </code>
 The status should be release only for final releases, and milestone for any other intermediate release.
 If anything is wrong, fix and go back to step 4.
diff --git a/ivysettings-signtask.xml b/ivysettings-signtask.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af91fce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ivysettings-signtask.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--
+   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+   or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+   distributed with this work for additional information
+   regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+   to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+   "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+   with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+   software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+   "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+   KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+   specific language governing permissions and limitations
+   under the License.    
+-->
+<ivysettings>
+	<settings defaultResolver="default" />
+	<resolvers>
+		<chain name="default">
+			<ibiblio name="public" m2compatible="true" />
+			<ibiblio name="snapshot" m2compatible="true" root="http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository" />
+		</chain>
+	</resolvers>
+</ivysettings>
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyPostResolveTask.java b/src/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyPostResolveTask.java
index 53a04c4a..30d1ec01 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyPostResolveTask.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/ivy/ant/IvyPostResolveTask.java
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ public abstract class IvyPostResolveTask extends IvyTask {
                 resolve.setInline(true);
                 resolve.setConf(conf);
                 resolve.setResolveId(resolveId);
+                resolve.setTransitive(isTransitive());
                 resolve.execute();
             } else {
                 Message.verbose("inline resolve already done for " + getOrganisation() + " "
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/parser/m2/PomModuleDescriptorParser.java b/src/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/parser/m2/PomModuleDescriptorParser.java
index a052d609..79de0644 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/parser/m2/PomModuleDescriptorParser.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/parser/m2/PomModuleDescriptorParser.java
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ public final class PomModuleDescriptorParser implements ModuleDescriptorParser {
         try {           
             PomReader domReader = new PomReader(descriptorURL, res);            
             domReader.setProperty("parent.version", domReader.getParentVersion());
+            domReader.setProperty("project.parent.version", domReader.getParentVersion());
 
             Map pomProperties = domReader.getPomProperties();
             for (Iterator iter = pomProperties.entrySet().iterator(); iter.hasNext();) {
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/ivy/util/url/ApacheURLLister.java b/src/java/org/apache/ivy/util/url/ApacheURLLister.java
index e1e0bcea..d3ed6ae8 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/ivy/util/url/ApacheURLLister.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/ivy/util/url/ApacheURLLister.java
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ public class ApacheURLLister {
             }
 
             text = text.trim();
+            
+            if (href.startsWith("../")) {
+                // we are only interested in sub-URLs, not parent URLs, so skip this one
+                continue;
+            }
 
             // absolute href: convert to relative one
             if (href.startsWith("/")) {
diff --git a/test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/parser/m2/PomModuleDescriptorParserTest.java b/test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/parser/m2/PomModuleDescriptorParserTest.java
index 0a073401..fcef4ead 100644
--- a/test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/parser/m2/PomModuleDescriptorParserTest.java
+++ b/test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/parser/m2/PomModuleDescriptorParserTest.java
@@ -190,6 +190,20 @@ public class PomModuleDescriptorParserTest extends AbstractModuleDescriptorParse
         assertEquals("test", artifact[0].getName());
     }
 
+    public void testProjectParentVersion() throws Exception {
+        ModuleDescriptor md = PomModuleDescriptorParser.getInstance().parseDescriptor(
+            settings, getClass().getResource("test-project.parent.version.pom"), false);
+        assertNotNull(md);
+
+        ModuleRevisionId mrid = ModuleRevisionId.newInstance("org.apache", "test", "1.0");
+        assertEquals(mrid, md.getModuleRevisionId());
+
+        Artifact[] artifact = md.getArtifacts("master");
+        assertEquals(1, artifact.length);
+        assertEquals(mrid, artifact[0].getModuleRevisionId());
+        assertEquals("test", artifact[0].getName());
+    }
+
     public void testDependencies() throws Exception {
         ModuleDescriptor md = PomModuleDescriptorParser.getInstance().parseDescriptor(
             settings, getClass().getResource("test-dependencies.pom"), false);
diff --git a/test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/parser/m2/test-project.parent.version.pom b/test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/parser/m2/test-project.parent.version.pom
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..432a6767
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/parser/m2/test-project.parent.version.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+   or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+   distributed with this work for additional information
+   regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+   to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+   "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+   with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+   software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+   "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+   KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+   specific language governing permissions and limitations
+   under the License.    
+-->
+<project>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>test-parent</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <artifactId>test</artifactId>
+  <name>Test Module for Ivy M2 parsing</name>
+  <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
+  <url>http://ant.apache.org/ivy</url>
+  <organization>
+    <name>Apache</name>
+    <url>http://www.apache.org/</url>
+  </organization>
+</project>