jboss-ejb3-transactions POM has:

<!-- TODO: remove dependency -->
<!-- Bring in the AOP deployers -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jboss.jbossas</groupId>
<artifactId>jboss-as-aspects</artifactId> ...
</dependency>

which blocks release due to:

[INFO] Can't release project due to non released dependencies : org.jboss.jbossas:jboss-as-aspects:jar:5.0.0-SNAPSHOT:test

...as well as brings in cyclic dependencies.

As a temporary measure, "svn cp" the appropriate sources from the AS tree into jboss-ejb3-transactions in "test" scope, and mark as @Deprecated