Use Release Profile was checked in the release perform input screen, but from the logs, this was the command executed during release perform:

2009-05-29 21:50:47,124 [pool-4-thread-1] INFO org.apache.continuum.utils.shell.DefaultShellCommandHelper - Executing: /bin/sh -c cd /home/deng/Groups/Continuum/apache-continuum-1.3.3/data/working-directory/releases-1243605041563 && mvn clean deploy --no-plugin-updates --batch-mode

Notice that -DperformRelease=true parameter is missing which is the activation property for release profiles..