diff --git a/goVersion.sh b/goVersion.sh
index 2979ae91..9c670685 100644
--- a/goVersion.sh
+++ b/goVersion.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ VER=$1
 echo "Will use version $VER"
 
 find . -name "pom.xml" |grep -v archetype-resources|xargs perl version.pl $VER 
-perl version.pl $VER ./slf4j-site/src/site/site.xml
\ No newline at end of file
+
+#perl version.pl $VER ./slf4j-site/src/site/site.xml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jcl104-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/jcl104-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index 4ce12583..8948fb19 100644
--- a/jcl104-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/jcl104-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 		<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.4.3</version>
 	</parent>
 	
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index 36ffe214..adebebc2 100644
--- a/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.4.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index 573b2380..045f60bf 100644
--- a/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.4.3</version>
   </parent>
   
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f0e27dd5..1ee74fc3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 	<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.4.3</version>
 
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>SLF4J</name>
diff --git a/slf4j-api/pom.xml b/slf4j-api/pom.xml
index 985ee2ca..cfaebd3a 100644
--- a/slf4j-api/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-api/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.4.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-converter/pom.xml b/slf4j-converter/pom.xml
index 62f66fae..37da835a 100644
--- a/slf4j-converter/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-converter/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 		<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-      	<version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      	<version>1.4.3</version>
 	</parent>
 	
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-jcl/pom.xml b/slf4j-jcl/pom.xml
index 8ce9c7fd..fac0ed34 100644
--- a/slf4j-jcl/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-jcl/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 		<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.4.3</version>
 	</parent>
 	
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml b/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
index 721261be..b26796e7 100644
--- a/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 		<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    	<version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<version>1.4.3</version>
 	</parent>
 	
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml b/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
index 89eb80dd..9dd212d7 100644
--- a/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 		<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.4.3</version>
 	</parent>
 	
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-nop/pom.xml b/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
index e5cff28a..770c1588 100644
--- a/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 		<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    	<version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    	<version>1.4.3</version>
 	</parent>
 	
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-osgi-integration-test/pom.xml b/slf4j-osgi-integration-test/pom.xml
index e7759843..661cf9a3 100644
--- a/slf4j-osgi-integration-test/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-osgi-integration-test/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 		<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.4.3</version>
 	</parent>
 	
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-osgi-test-bundle/pom.xml b/slf4j-osgi-test-bundle/pom.xml
index fd798182..2c933b5d 100644
--- a/slf4j-osgi-test-bundle/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-osgi-test-bundle/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 		<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.4.3</version>
 	</parent>
 	
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-simple/pom.xml b/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
index 63f293c6..cd33ced3 100644
--- a/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.4.3</version>
   </parent>
 	
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-site/pom.xml b/slf4j-site/pom.xml
index 4b4a507d..5368e384 100644
--- a/slf4j-site/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-site/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 		<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.4.3</version>
 	</parent>
 	
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/faq.html b/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/faq.html
index c474a7c0..5f1ff430 100644
--- a/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/faq.html
+++ b/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/faq.html
@@ -823,15 +823,7 @@ logger.debug("The new entry is {}.", entry);</p>
         it a little (as explained below) does the trick.
        </p>
 
-        <p>If you are a Maven2 user, you can use the
-        slf4j-archetype. Invoke the following command to create a new
-        module called <em>slf4j-MY</em> with much of the plumbing
-        alredy in place.</p>
-        
-        <p class="source">mvn archetype:create -DgroupId=org.slf4j -DartifactId=slf4j-MY \
-    -DarchetypeGroupId=org.slf4j -DarchetypeArtifactId=slf4j-archetype -DarchetypeVersion=${project.version}</p>
-
-        <p>At this stage, assuming your logging system has notion of a
+        <p>Assuming your logging system has notion of a
         logger, called say <code>MyLogger</code>, you need to provide
         an adapter for <code>MyLogger</code> to
         <code>org.slf4j.Logger</code> interface. Refer to slf4j-jcl,
@@ -856,14 +848,15 @@ logger.debug("The new entry is {}.", entry);</p>
         <code>loggerFactoryClassStr</code> variable.
        </p>
         
-        <p>That's it. You don't need to modify any other files.</p>
+        <p>For Marker or MDC support, you could use the one of the
+        existing NOP implementations.
+        </p>
 
         <p>In summary, to create an SLF4J binding for your logging
         system, follow these steps:</p>
 
         <ol>
-          <li>start with a copy of an existing module, or create a new
-          binding using slf4j-archetype as discussed above</li>
+          <li>start with a copy of an existing module,
           <li>create an adapter between your logging system and
           <code>org.slf4j.Logger</code> interface
          </li>
diff --git a/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html b/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
index a9f37995..3b513f88 100644
--- a/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
+++ b/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
@@ -37,8 +37,14 @@ prefix='';
   the correct SLF4J version.
   </p>
   
-  
+  <p>Clarified the behavior of the various methods methods in the MDC
+  class with respect to "null" parameters. This was requested in <a
+  href="http://bugzilla.slf4j.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58">bug 58</a> by
+  Sebastian Davids.
+  </p>
 
+  <p>Removed the slf4j-archetype module because nobody seems to have a
+  use for it.</p>
 
   <h3>July 12th, 2007 - Release of SLF4J 1.4.2</h3>
 
diff --git a/src/main/assembly/source.xml b/src/main/assembly/source.xml
index 84db60ca..1e66de66 100644
--- a/src/main/assembly/source.xml
+++ b/src/main/assembly/source.xml
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
       </includes>
     </fileSet>
 
+    <!--
     <fileSet>
       <directory>slf4j-archetype/</directory>
       <outputDirectory>slf4j-archetype/</outputDirectory>
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@
         <include>pom.xml</include>
       </includes>
     </fileSet>
+    -->
 
 		<!-- Module Source directories (includes tests) -->
 		<fileSet>
@@ -136,10 +138,12 @@
 			<outputDirectory>slf4j-site/src/</outputDirectory>    
     </fileSet>
 
+    <!--
     <fileSet>
       <directory>slf4j-archetype/src/</directory>
 			<outputDirectory>slf4j-archetype/src/</outputDirectory>    
     </fileSet>
+    -->
 
 		<!-- Module JARs -->
 		<fileSet>