diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index d4e5c6a..ab9b4e0 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,95 @@
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <configLocation>${basedir}/src/build/conf/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
-          <enableRulesSummary>false</enableRulesSummary>
+          <enableRulesSummary>false</enableRulesSummary>          
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>        
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.4</source>
+          <verbose>false</verbose>
+          <show>package</show>
+          <links>
+            <link>
+              http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/
+            </link>
+          </links>                   
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-changelog-plugin</artifactId>
+        <!--
+          configuration> <connectionType>connection</connectionType>
+          </configuration
+        -->
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>        
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>taglist-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <tags>
+            <tag>TODO</tag>
+            <tag>FIXME</tag>
+            <tag>@todo</tag>
+            <tag>@deprecated</tag>
+          </tags>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>
+          maven-project-info-reports-plugin
+        </artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <sourceEncoding>ascii</sourceEncoding>
+          <targetJdk>1.4</targetJdk>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jdepend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <!-- http://wiki.hudson-ci.org/display/HUDSON/FindBugs+Plugin -->
+          <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
+          <findbugsXmlWithMessages>true</findbugsXmlWithMessages>
+          <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
+          <xmlOutputDirectory>target/site</xmlOutputDirectory>
+          <includeTests>false</includeTests>         
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <formats>
+            <format>xml</format>
+            <format>html</format>
+          </formats>
+          <instrumentation>
+            <ignores>
+              <ignore>edu.umd.cs.piccolo.examples.*</ignore>
+              <ignore>edu.umd.cs.piccolo.examples.pswing.*</ignore>
+              <ignore>edu.umd.cs.piccolo.examples.swt.*</ignore>
+              <ignore>edu.umd.cs.piccolo.tutorial.*</ignore>
+            </ignores>
+            <excludes>
+              <exclude>edu/umd/cs/piccolo/examples/**</exclude>
+            </excludes>
+          </instrumentation>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/core/src/build/conf/findbugs-exclude.xml b/core/src/build/conf/findbugs-exclude.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index bd6dba0..0000000
--- a/core/src/build/conf/findbugs-exclude.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<FindBugsFilter>
-	<Match>
-		<Class name="~.*Test" />
-	</Match>
-	<Match>
-		<Or>
-			<Package name="~.*\.examples" />
-			<Package name="~.*\.tutorial" />
-		</Or>
-	</Match>
-</FindBugsFilter>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index bf23c9b..841fc49 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -35,30 +35,5 @@
       scm:svn:https://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk/examples
     </developerConnection>
     <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/source/browse/piccolo2d.java/trunk/examples</url>
-  </scm>
-  <reporting>
-    <plugins>
-      <!-- don't use UmlGraph as the current settings (see ../parent/pom.xml) cause pain with swt  -->
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>1.4</source>
-          <verbose>false</verbose>
-          <show>package</show>
-          <links>
-            <link>
-              http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/
-            </link>
-          </links>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <configLocation>${basedir}/src/build/conf/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
-          <enableRulesSummary>false</enableRulesSummary>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </reporting>
+  </scm> 
 </project>
diff --git a/examples/src/build/conf/findbugs-exclude.xml b/examples/src/build/conf/findbugs-exclude.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index bd6dba0..0000000
--- a/examples/src/build/conf/findbugs-exclude.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<FindBugsFilter>
-	<Match>
-		<Class name="~.*Test" />
-	</Match>
-	<Match>
-		<Or>
-			<Package name="~.*\.examples" />
-			<Package name="~.*\.tutorial" />
-		</Or>
-	</Match>
-</FindBugsFilter>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/extras/pom.xml b/extras/pom.xml
index 266d09f..b87c497 100644
--- a/extras/pom.xml
+++ b/extras/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,94 @@
           <enableRulesSummary>false</enableRulesSummary>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>        
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.4</source>
+          <verbose>false</verbose>
+          <show>package</show>
+          <links>
+            <link>
+              http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/
+            </link>
+          </links>        
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-changelog-plugin</artifactId>
+        <!--
+          configuration> <connectionType>connection</connectionType>
+          </configuration
+        -->
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>        
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>taglist-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <tags>
+            <tag>TODO</tag>
+            <tag>FIXME</tag>
+            <tag>@todo</tag>
+            <tag>@deprecated</tag>
+          </tags>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>
+          maven-project-info-reports-plugin
+        </artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <sourceEncoding>ascii</sourceEncoding>
+          <targetJdk>1.4</targetJdk>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jdepend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <!-- http://wiki.hudson-ci.org/display/HUDSON/FindBugs+Plugin -->
+          <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
+          <findbugsXmlWithMessages>true</findbugsXmlWithMessages>
+          <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
+          <xmlOutputDirectory>target/site</xmlOutputDirectory>
+          <includeTests>false</includeTests>         
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <formats>
+            <format>xml</format>
+            <format>html</format>
+          </formats>
+          <instrumentation>
+            <ignores>
+              <ignore>edu.umd.cs.piccolo.examples.*</ignore>
+              <ignore>edu.umd.cs.piccolo.examples.pswing.*</ignore>
+              <ignore>edu.umd.cs.piccolo.examples.swt.*</ignore>
+              <ignore>edu.umd.cs.piccolo.tutorial.*</ignore>
+            </ignores>
+            <excludes>
+              <exclude>edu/umd/cs/piccolo/examples/**</exclude>
+            </excludes>
+          </instrumentation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </reporting>
 </project>
diff --git a/extras/src/build/conf/findbugs-exclude.xml b/extras/src/build/conf/findbugs-exclude.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index bd6dba0..0000000
--- a/extras/src/build/conf/findbugs-exclude.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<FindBugsFilter>
-	<Match>
-		<Class name="~.*Test" />
-	</Match>
-	<Match>
-		<Or>
-			<Package name="~.*\.examples" />
-			<Package name="~.*\.tutorial" />
-		</Or>
-	</Match>
-</FindBugsFilter>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index dcd2a95..56c099f 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -85,8 +85,12 @@
     </license>
   </licenses>
   <scm>
-    <connection>scm:svn:http://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk</connection>
-    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <connection>
+      scm:svn:http://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk
+    </connection>
+    <developerConnection>
+      scm:svn:https://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk
+    </developerConnection>
     <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/source/browse/piccolo2d.java/trunk</url>
   </scm>
   <organization>
@@ -207,132 +211,7 @@
       <version>3.8.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-  <reporting>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>1.4</source>
-          <verbose>false</verbose>
-          <show>package</show>
-          <links>
-            <link>
-              http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/
-            </link>
-          </links>
-          <doclet>
-            gr.spinellis.umlgraph.doclet.UmlGraphDoc
-          </doclet>
-          <docletArtifact>
-            <groupId>gr.spinellis</groupId>
-            <artifactId>UmlGraph</artifactId>
-            <version>4.6</version>
-          </docletArtifact>
-          <!-- http://www.spinellis.gr/sw/umlgraph/doc/cd-opt.html -->
-          <additionalparam>
-            -overview ${basedir}/src/main/java/overview.html
-            -inferrel -inferdep -quiet -hide java.*
-            -collpackages java.util.*
-            -qualify
-            -postfixpackage -nodefontsize 9
-            -nodefontpackagesize 7
-            -visibility
-            -link http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/
-          </additionalparam>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-changelog-plugin</artifactId>
-        <!--
-          configuration> <connectionType>connection</connectionType>
-          </configuration
-        -->
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>taglist-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <tags>
-            <tag>TODO</tag>
-            <tag>FIXME</tag>
-            <tag>@todo</tag>
-            <tag>@deprecated</tag>
-          </tags>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>
-          maven-project-info-reports-plugin
-        </artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <sourceEncoding>ascii</sourceEncoding>
-          <targetJdk>1.4</targetJdk>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jdepend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <!-- http://wiki.hudson-ci.org/display/HUDSON/FindBugs+Plugin -->
-          <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
-          <findbugsXmlWithMessages>true</findbugsXmlWithMessages>
-          <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
-          <xmlOutputDirectory>target/site</xmlOutputDirectory>
-          <includeTests>false</includeTests>
-          <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/src/build/conf/findbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
-          <!--
-            <xmlOutput>true|false</xmlOutput> <xmlOutputDirectory>directory
-            location of xml findbugs report</xmlOutputDirectory>
-            <threshold>High|Normal|Low|Exp|Ignore</threshold>
-            <effort>Min|Default|Max</effort>
-            <excludeFilterFile>findbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
-            <includeFilterFile>findbugs-include.xml</includeFilterFile>
-            <visitors>FindDeadLocalStores,UnreadFields</visitors>
-            <omitVisitors>FindDeadLocalStores,UnreadFields</omitVisitors>
-            <onlyAnalyze>org.codehaus.mojo.findbugs.*</onlyAnalyze>
-            <pluginList>/libs/fb-contrib/fb-contrib-2.8.0.jar</pluginList>
-            <debug>true|false</debug> <relaxed>true|false</relaxed>
-          -->
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <formats>
-            <format>xml</format>
-            <format>html</format>
-          </formats>
-          <instrumentation>
-            <ignores>
-              <ignore>edu.umd.cs.piccolo.examples.*</ignore>
-              <ignore>edu.umd.cs.piccolo.examples.pswing.*</ignore>
-              <ignore>edu.umd.cs.piccolo.examples.swt.*</ignore>
-              <ignore>edu.umd.cs.piccolo.tutorial.*</ignore>
-            </ignores>
-            <excludes>
-              <exclude>edu/umd/cs/piccolo/examples/**</exclude>
-            </excludes>
-          </instrumentation>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </reporting>
+  </dependencies>  
   <distributionManagement>
     <!--
       use a ~/.m2/settings.xml like this: <settings> <profiles> <profile>
diff --git a/swt/pom.xml b/swt/pom.xml
index 8f5546d..e64ef3c 100644
--- a/swt/pom.xml
+++ b/swt/pom.xml
@@ -42,9 +42,16 @@
   </scm>
   <reporting>
     <plugins>
-      <!-- don't use UmlGraph as the current settings (see ../parent/pom.xml) cause pain with swt  -->
+      <!-- don't use UmlGraph as the current settings (see ../parent/pom.xml) cause pain with swt  -->      
       <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <configLocation>${basedir}/src/build/conf/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
+          <enableRulesSummary>false</enableRulesSummary>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>        
         <configuration>
           <source>1.4</source>
           <verbose>false</verbose>
@@ -53,16 +60,84 @@
             <link>
               http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/
             </link>
-          </links>
+          </links>                    
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-changelog-plugin</artifactId>
+        <!--
+          configuration> <connectionType>connection</connectionType>
+          </configuration
+        -->
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>        
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>taglist-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <configLocation>${basedir}/src/build/conf/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
-          <enableRulesSummary>false</enableRulesSummary>
+          <tags>
+            <tag>TODO</tag>
+            <tag>FIXME</tag>
+            <tag>@todo</tag>
+            <tag>@deprecated</tag>
+          </tags>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-    </plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>
+          maven-project-info-reports-plugin
+        </artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <sourceEncoding>ascii</sourceEncoding>
+          <targetJdk>1.4</targetJdk>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jdepend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <!-- http://wiki.hudson-ci.org/display/HUDSON/FindBugs+Plugin -->
+          <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
+          <findbugsXmlWithMessages>true</findbugsXmlWithMessages>
+          <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
+          <xmlOutputDirectory>target/site</xmlOutputDirectory>
+          <includeTests>false</includeTests>         
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <formats>
+            <format>xml</format>
+            <format>html</format>
+          </formats>
+          <instrumentation>
+            <ignores>
+              <ignore>edu.umd.cs.piccolo.examples.*</ignore>
+              <ignore>edu.umd.cs.piccolo.examples.pswing.*</ignore>
+              <ignore>edu.umd.cs.piccolo.examples.swt.*</ignore>
+              <ignore>edu.umd.cs.piccolo.tutorial.*</ignore>
+            </ignores>
+            <excludes>
+              <exclude>edu/umd/cs/piccolo/examples/**</exclude>
+            </excludes>
+          </instrumentation>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>  
   </reporting>
 </project>
diff --git a/swt/src/build/conf/findbugs-exclude.xml b/swt/src/build/conf/findbugs-exclude.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index bd6dba0..0000000
--- a/swt/src/build/conf/findbugs-exclude.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<FindBugsFilter>
-	<Match>
-		<Class name="~.*Test" />
-	</Match>
-	<Match>
-		<Or>
-			<Package name="~.*\.examples" />
-			<Package name="~.*\.tutorial" />
-		</Or>
-	</Match>
-</FindBugsFilter>
\ No newline at end of file