After reading this
http://logback.qos.ch/manual/introduction.html#BuildingLogback
I pulling the latest source from SVN
I installed Maven 2.0.9
I installed the jms api
I ran this C:\dev\shared>mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=javax.jms -DartifactId=jms -Dversion=1.1 -Dpackagin
g=jar -Dfile=c:/dev/shared/jms1.1/lib/jms.jar

The result was:
<pre>
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'install'.
[INFO] org.apache.maven.plugins: checking for updates from central
[INFO] org.codehaus.mojo: checking for updates from central
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-install-plugin/2.2/maven-install-plugin-2.2.pom
2K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-plugins/8/maven-plugins-8.pom
5K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/maven-parent/5/maven-parent-5.pom
14K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/apache/3/apache-3.pom
3K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-install-plugin/2.2/maven-install-plugin-2.2.jar
15K downloaded
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Maven Default Project
[INFO] task-segment: [install:install-file] (aggregator-style)
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/maven-plugin-api/2.0.6/maven-plugin-api-2.0.6.pom
1K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/maven/2.0.6/maven-2.0.6.pom
8K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/maven-project/2.0.6/maven-project-2.0.6.pom
2K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/maven-settings/2.0.6/maven-settings-2.0.6.pom
1K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/maven-model/2.0.6/maven-model-2.0.6.pom
2K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/1.4.1/plexus-utils-1.4.1.pom
1K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus/1.0.11/plexus-1.0.11.pom
8K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-container-default/1.0-alpha-9-stable-1/plexus-container-default-1.0-alpha-9-stable-1.pom
3K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-containers/1.0.3/plexus-containers-1.0.3.pom
492b downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus/1.0.4/plexus-1.0.4.pom
5K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/junit/junit/3.8.1/junit-3.8.1.pom
998b downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/1.0.4/plexus-utils-1.0.4.pom
6K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/classworlds/classworlds/1.1-alpha-2/classworlds-1.1-alpha-2.pom
3K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/maven-profile/2.0.6/maven-profile-2.0.6.pom
1K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/maven-artifact-manager/2.0.6/maven-artifact-manager-2.0.6.pom
2K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/maven-repository-metadata/2.0.6/maven-repository-metadata-2.0.6.pom
1K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/maven-artifact/2.0.6/maven-artifact-2.0.6.pom
1K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/wagon/wagon-provider-api/1.0-beta-2/wagon-provider-api-1.0-beta-2.pom
680b downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/wagon/wagon/1.0-beta-2/wagon-1.0-beta-2.pom
5K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/maven-parent/4/maven-parent-4.pom
9K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/maven-plugin-registry/2.0.6/maven-plugin-registry-2.0.6.pom
1K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-digest/1.0/plexus-digest-1.0.pom
1K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-components/1.1.7/plexus-components-1.1.7.pom
4K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus/1.0.8/plexus-1.0.8.pom
7K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-container-default/1.0-alpha-8/plexus-container-default-1.0-alpha-8.pom
7K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/1.1/plexus-utils-1.1.pom

767b downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/1.1/plexus-utils-1.1.jar

164K downloaded
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-digest/1.0/plexus-digest-1.0.jar
11K downloaded
[INFO] [install:install-file]
[INFO] Installing c:\dev\shared\jms1.1\lib\jms.jar to C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\.m2\repository\javax\jms\jms\1.1\jms-1.1.jar
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 15 seconds
[INFO] Finished at: Fri Jun 06 15:27:30 PDT 2008
[INFO] Final Memory: 3M/6M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
</pre>

I then ran: mvn --version
<pre>
Maven version: 2.0.9
Java version: 1.6.0_04
OS name: "windows 2003" version: "5.2" arch: "x86" Family: "windows"
</pre>

I then cd'd into logback-0.9.9 directory (dont mind the name, it has the latest svn source in it)
I ran mvn package and got this
<pre>
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] FATAL ERROR
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Error building POM (may not be this project's POM).

Project ID: ch.qos.logback:logback-core:jar:${parent.version}

Reason: Cannot find parent: ch.qos.logback:logback-parent for project: ch.qos.logback:logback-core:jar:${parent.version} for project ch.qos.logback:logback-core:jar:${parent.version}

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Trace
org.apache.maven.reactor.MavenExecutionException: Cannot find parent: ch.qos.logback:logback-parent
for project: ch.qos.logback:logback-core:jar:${parent.version} for project ch.qos.logback:logback-co
re:jar:${parent.version}
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.getProjects(DefaultMaven.java:378)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:292)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:129)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:287)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingException: Cannot find parent: ch.qos.logback:logback-parent for project: ch.qos.logback:logback-core:jar:${parent.version} for project ch.qos.logback:logback-core:jar:${parent.version}
at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.assembleLineage(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:1370)
at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.buildInternal(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:821)
at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.buildFromSourceFileInternal(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:506)
at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.build(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:198)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.getProject(DefaultMaven.java:583)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.collectProjects(DefaultMaven.java:461)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.collectProjects(DefaultMaven.java:534)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.getProjects(DefaultMaven.java:365)
... 11 more
Caused by: org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingException: POM 'ch.qos.logback:logback-parent' not found in repository: Unable to download the artifact from any repository

ch.qos.logback:logback-parent:pom:0.9.10-SNAPSHOT

from the specified remote repositories: central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2) for project ch.qos.logback:logback-parent
at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.findModelFromRepository(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:603)
at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.assembleLineage(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:1366)
... 18 more
Caused by: org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactNotFoundException: Unable to download the artifact from any repository

ch.qos.logback:logback-parent:pom:0.9.10-SNAPSHOT

from the specified remote repositories: central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)

at org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolve(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:212)
at org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolve(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:74)
at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.findModelFromRepository(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:556)
... 19 more
Caused by: org.apache.maven.wagon.ResourceDoesNotExistException: Unable to download the artifact from any repository
at org.apache.maven.artifact.manager.DefaultWagonManager.getArtifact(DefaultWagonManager.java:331)
at org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolve(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:200)
... 21 more
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: < 1 second
[INFO] Finished at: Fri Jun 06 15:39:16 PDT 2008
[INFO] Final Memory: 1M/4M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
</pre>

I have also tried just mvn and both from logback-classic directories. I am not a maven user and I dont know what or where logback-parent is...