diff --git a/release/plugin.jelly b/release/plugin.jelly
index 5802d5e7..e4b4c819 100644
--- a/release/plugin.jelly
+++ b/release/plugin.jelly
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
       transformations="transformations"/>
 
     <i:ask
-      question="There are ${size(transformations)} snapshot dependencies, would you like to update them to use timestamped versions?"
+      question="There are ${transformer.selectedNodeCount} snapshot dependencies, would you like to update them to use timestamped versions?"
       answer="answer"
       default="yes"/>
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
         <j:if test="${answer == 'yes'}">
 
           <!-- Change the node. -->
-          <r:transform transformation="${transformation}"/>
+          ${transformation.transform()}"/>
 
         </j:if>
 
diff --git a/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/AbstractPomTransformer.java b/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/AbstractPomTransformer.java
index 3d86e51a..ded90be6 100644
--- a/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/AbstractPomTransformer.java
+++ b/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/AbstractPomTransformer.java
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
  * This is the base class for any tool that attempts to transform fields
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
  *
  * @author <a href="mailto:jason@zenplex.com">Jason van Zyl</a>
  *
- * @version $Id: AbstractPomTransformer.java,v 1.5 2003/02/11 02:40:41 jvanzyl Exp $
+ * @version $Id: AbstractPomTransformer.java,v 1.6 2003/02/11 03:25:49 jvanzyl Exp $
  */
 public abstract class AbstractPomTransformer
     implements PomTransformer
@@ -98,12 +99,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractPomTransformer
     private File outputFile;
 
     /** Properties used in transformNode */
-    private Properties properties;
+    private Map variables;
 
     /** Nodes selected for transformation using xpath. */
     private List selectedNodes;
 
-    private List transformations = new ArrayList();
+    private List transformations;
 
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Accessors
@@ -113,18 +114,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractPomTransformer
      *
      * @return
      */
-    public Properties getProperties()
+    public Map getVariables()
     {
-        return properties;
+        return variables;
     }
 
     /**
      *
-     * @param properties
+     * @param variables
      */
-    public void setProperties( Properties properties )
+    public void setVariables( Map variables )
     {
-        this.properties = properties;
+        this.variables = variables;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -238,6 +239,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractPomTransformer
      */
     public void createTransformations()
     {
+        transformations = new ArrayList();
+
         for ( Iterator i = getSelectedNodes().iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
         {
             Object o = i.next();
diff --git a/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/SnapshotResolver.java b/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/SnapshotResolver.java
index 99b3f4fd..7370cc5c 100644
--- a/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/SnapshotResolver.java
+++ b/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/SnapshotResolver.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ import java.io.File;
  *
  * @author <a href="mailto:jason@zenplex.com">Jason van Zyl</a>
  *
- * @version $Id: SnapshotResolver.java,v 1.5 2003/02/11 00:56:36 jvanzyl Exp $
+ * @version $Id: SnapshotResolver.java,v 1.6 2003/02/11 03:25:49 jvanzyl Exp $
  */
 public class SnapshotResolver
     extends AbstractPomTransformer
@@ -114,8 +114,16 @@ public class SnapshotResolver
         // Now we need to attempt to find the the actual timestamp
         // version for this dependency.
 
-        String url = getProperties().getProperty( MavenConstants.REPO_REMOTE ) + "/" +
+        // Variables are being stored as ConstantExpressions ...
+
+        /*
+        String url = getVariables().get( MavenConstants.REPO_REMOTE ) + "/" +
             groupId + "/jars/" + artifactId + "-snapshot-version";
+        */
+
+        String url = "http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/" + groupId + "/jars/" + artifactId + "-snapshot-version";
+
+        System.out.println( "url: " + url );
 
         File snapshotVersionFile = new File( artifactId + "-snapshot-version" );
 
@@ -125,16 +133,17 @@ public class SnapshotResolver
                                snapshotVersionFile,
                                true, // ignore errors
                                false, // use timestamps
-                               getProperties().getProperty( MavenConstants.PROXY_HOST ), // proxy host
-                               getProperties().getProperty( MavenConstants.PROXY_PORT ), // proxy port
-                               getProperties().getProperty( MavenConstants.PROXY_USERNAME ), // proxy user name
-                               getProperties().getProperty( MavenConstants.PROXY_PASSWORD ) // proxy password
+                               (String) getVariables().get( MavenConstants.PROXY_HOST ), // proxy host
+                               (String) getVariables().get( MavenConstants.PROXY_PORT ), // proxy port
+                               (String) getVariables().get( MavenConstants.PROXY_USERNAME ), // proxy user name
+                               (String) getVariables().get( MavenConstants.PROXY_PASSWORD ) // proxy password
             );
         }
         catch ( Exception e )
         {
             // Either doesn't exist, or we have a network problem. In
             // either event we can't update the version field.
+            System.out.println( "Can't retrieve snapshot version file: " + e.getLocalizedMessage() );
         }
 
         if ( snapshotVersionFile.exists() )
diff --git a/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/jelly/ResolveSnapshotsTag.java b/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/jelly/ResolveSnapshotsTag.java
index a720db86..59014605 100644
--- a/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/jelly/ResolveSnapshotsTag.java
+++ b/release/src/main/org/apache/maven/release/jelly/ResolveSnapshotsTag.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.release.SnapshotResolver;
 import org.apache.maven.project.Project;
 import org.apache.maven.MavenConstants;
 
-public abstract class ResolveSnapshotsTag
+public class ResolveSnapshotsTag
     extends TagSupport
 {
     private SnapshotResolver snapshotResolver;
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ public abstract class ResolveSnapshotsTag
 
         snapshotResolver = new SnapshotResolver();
         snapshotResolver.setProject( project.getFile() );
+        snapshotResolver.setVariables( project.getContext().getVariables() );
 
         context.setVariable( getTransformer(), snapshotResolver );
         context.setVariable( getTransformations(), snapshotResolver.getTransformations() );