The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Indexer, version 6.2.0.

Apache Maven Indexer (former Sonatype Nexus Indexer) is the de facto standard for producing indexes of Maven repositories. The Indexes are produced and consumed by all major tools in the ecosystem.

Most notable changes:

• IndexReader provides OOTB resource handlers
• Search API w/ 2 backends
• Bugs squashed

IMPORTANT: Next release planned will use the Lucene version to 9.x, and that will imply Java 11. Hence, this is the LAST planned Java 8 release of Maven Indexer.

You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page:

https://maven.apache.org/maven-indexer/download.cgi

Release Notes – Maven Indexer – Version 6.2.0

• Bugs:

  • MINDEXER-121 – ChunkReaderIterator leaks InputStreams
  • MINDEXER-144 – IndexOutOfBoundsException during indexing
  • MINDEXER-146 – Fix issues reported by Lucene 9

• New Feature

  • MINDEXER-124 – IndexReader modules should provide resource handler implementations
  • MINDEXER-143 – Introduce Search API and provide backends

• Tasks:

  • MINDEXER-145 – Update parent POM and dependencies
  • MINDEXER-147 – Move rootGroups and allGroups fields out of index
  • MINDEXER-149 – Deprecate Maven1 support

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Site Plugin, version 4.0.0-M1.

The Site Plugin is used to generate a site for the project. The generated site also includes the project’s reports that were configured in the POM.

You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page:

https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-site-plugin/download.cgi

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<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>4.0.0-M1</version>
</plugin>

Release Notes – Maven Site Plugin – Version 4.0.0-M1

• Dependency upgrades:

  • MSITE-892 – Upgrade to Doxia/Doxia Sitetools to 2.0.0-M2
  • MSITE-893 – Upgrade Maven Reporting API to 4.0.0-M1
  • MSITE-894 – Upgrade Maven Reporting Exec to 2.0.0-M1
  • MSITE-895 – Upgrade plugins and components in ITs
  • MSITE-897 – Upgrade Plexus Archiver to 4.2.7
  • MSITE-898 – Upgrade Parent to 36

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Shared Component: Maven Reporting Exec Version 2.0.0-M1.

Classes to prepare report plugins execution with Maven 3, through MavenReportExecutor (implementation).

You should specify the version in your project’s plugin configuration:

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<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.reporting</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-reporting-exec</artifactId>
  <version>2.0.0-M1</version>
</plugin>

You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page.

Release Notes Apache Maven Shared Component: Maven Reporting Exec Version 2.0.0-M1

• Tasks:

  • MSHARED-1060 – Upgrade to Java 8
  • MSHARED-1061 – Replace Plexus Logger with SLF4J
  • MSHARED-1064 – Reintroduce org.codehaus.doxia.sink.Sink

• Dependency upgrades:

  • MSHARED-1062 – Upgrade Maven Reporting API to 4.0.0-M1
  • MSHARED-1063 – Upgrade to Doxia Sitetools to 2.0.0-M2
  • MSHARED-1065 – Upgrade plugins and components in UTs and ITs

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Shared Component: Apache Maven Reporting Impl. Version 4.0.0-M1

Abstract classes to manage report generation, which can be run both:

• as part of a site generation, as a maven-reporting-api’s MavenReport,
• or as a direct standalone goal invocation, as a maven-plugin-api’s Mojo.

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<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.reporting</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-reporting-impl</artifactId>
  <version>4.0.0-M1</version>
</plugin>

Release Notes

• Task:

  • MSHARED-1055 – Upgrade to Java 8

• Dependency upgrades:

  • MSHARED-1056 – Upgrade to Maven 3.2.5
  • MSHARED-1057 – Upgrade to Doxia/Doxia Sitetools to 2.0.0-M2
  • MSHARED-1058 – Upgrade components
  • MSHARED-1059 – Upgrade Maven Reporting API to 4.0.0-M1

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven Team

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Maven Parent POMs Version 36

Maven Parent POMs include Maven Parent POM itself, but also Maven Plugins Parent POM, Maven Shared Components Parent POM, Maven Skins Parent POM and Maven Doxia Tools Parent POM.

https://maven.apache.org/pom/maven/

You should specify the version in your project as parent like the following:

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<parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
   <artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId>
   <version>36</version>
</parent>

You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page:

https://maven.apache.org/pom/maven/download.html

Release Notes – Apache Maven Parent POM – Version 36

• Improvements:

  • MPOM-300 – Replace Google Analytics with ASF Matomo
  • MPOM-313 – Execute checkstyle in early phase of the build

• Dependency upgrades:

  • MPOM-308 – Upgrade Maven PMD Plugin from 3.15.0 to 3.16.0
  • MPOM-309 – Upgrade TagList Maven Plugin from 2.4 to 3.0.0
  • MPOM-311 – Upgrade Maven JXR Plugin from 3.1.1 to 3.2.0
  • MPOM-314 – Upgrade modello-maven-plugin from 1.11 to 2.0.0
  • MPOM-316 – Upgrade ASF Parent to 26

Enjoy, – The Apache Maven Team

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven AntRun Plugin, version 3.1.0.

This plugin provides the ability to run Ant tasks from within Maven. You can even embed your Ant scripts in the POM!

You should specify the version in your project’s plugin configuration:

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<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>3.1.0</version>
</plugin>

You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page

Release Notes – Maven AntRunPlugin – Version 3.1.0

• Improvement:

  • MANTRUN-228 – Add schema for Ant Tasks

• Tasks:

  • MANTRUN-224 – Require Java 8
  • MANTRUN-232 – Upgrade Maven to 3.2.5

• Dependency upgrades:

  • MANTRUN-225 – Upgrade Ant to 1.10.7
  • MANTRUN-226 – Bump minimum required Maven for Plugin to 3.1.1
  • MANTRUN-227 – Upgrade Ant to 1.10.12
  • MANTRUN-236 – Upgrade Maven Plugin Plugin to 3.6.4

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven EJB Plugin Version 3.2.1.

This plugin generates J2EE Enterprise Javabean (EJB) file as well as the associated client jar.

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<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-ejb-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>3.2.1</version>
</plugin>

Release Notes – Apache Maven EJB Plugin – Version 3.2.1

Release Notes – Maven EJB Plugin – Version 3.2.1

• Tasks:

  • MEJB-131 – Upgrade Maven to 3.2.5
  • MEJB-133 – Upgrade to Java 8

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven PDF Plugin, version 1.6.0.

This plug-in allows you to generate a PDF version of your project’s documentation.

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<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-pdf-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>1.6.0</version>
</plugin>

Release Notes – Maven PDF Plugin – Version 1.6.0

• Task:

  • MPDF-100 – Remove remains of org.codehaus.doxia.sink.Sink

• Dependency upgrades:

  • MPDF-101 – Upgrade Maven to 3.2.5
  • MPDF-102 – Upgrade Maven Plugin Plugin to 3.6.4
  • MPDF-103 – Upgrade plugins in ITs

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Shared Component: Apache Maven Reporting API Version 4.0.0-M1

Abstract classes to manage report generation, which can be run both:

• as part of a site generation, as a maven-reporting-api’s MavenReport,
• or as a direct standalone goal invocation, as a maven-plugin-api’s Mojo.

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<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.reporting</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-reporting-api</artifactId>
  <version>4.0.0-M1</version>
</plugin>

Release Notes Maven Reporting API Version 4.0.0-M1

• Dependency upgrade:

  • MSHARED-1052 – Upgrade to Java 8
  • MSHARED-1053 – Upgrade Doxia to 2.0.0-M2
  • MSHARED-1054 – Upgrade plugins

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven Team

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven JavaDoc Plugin, version 3.4.0.

The Javadoc Plugin uses the Javadoc tool to generate javadocs for the specified project.

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<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>3.4.0</version>
</plugin>

You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page:

https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin/download.cgi

Release Notes – Apache Maven JavaDoc Plugin – Version 3.4.0

• Bug:

  • MJAVADOC-696 – Invalid anchors in Javadoc and plugin mojo

• Task:

  • MJAVADOC-712 – Remove remains of org.codehaus.doxia.sink.Sink

• Dependency upgrades:

  • MJAVADOC-711 – Upgrade plugins in ITs
  • MJAVADOC-714 – Upgrade to Maven 3.2.5

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Site Plugin, version 3.12.0.

The Site Plugin is used to generate a site for the project. The generated site also includes the project’s reports that were configured in the POM.

You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page:

https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-site-plugin/download.cgi

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<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>3.12.0</version>
</plugin>

Release Notes – Maven Site Plugin – Version 3.12.0

• Bug:

  • MSITE-857 – Jetty engine fails to resolve web.xml DTD behind corporate proxy

• Tasks:

  • MSITE-828 – Upgrade to Java 8
  • MSITE-884 – Drop/replace usage of Commons Lang 3
  • MSITE-887 – Deprecate templateFile parameter

• Dependency upgrades:

  • MSITE-829 – Upgrade Jetty to 9.4.x
  • MSITE-885 – Upgrade Commons IO to 2.11.0
  • MSITE-886 – Upgrade Maven Wagon to 3.5.1
  • MSITE-888 – Upgrade to Maven 3.2.5
  • MSITE-889 – Upgrade Plexus Utils to 3.3.1
  • MSITE-890 – Upgrade Jetty to 9.4.46.v20220331
  • MSITE-891 – Upgrade plugins in IT

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Resolver, version 1.8.0

Apache Maven Artifact Resolver is a library for working with artifact repositories and dependency resolution.

Maven Artifact Resolver deals with the specification of local repository, remote repository, developer workspaces, artifact transports and artifact resolution.

It is expected to be extended by concrete repository implementation, like Maven Artifact Resolver Provider for Maven repositories or any other provider for other repository formats.

You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page.

Release Notes – Maven Resolver – Version Maven Artifact Resolver 1.8.0

• Bugs:

  • MRESOLVER-241 – Resolver checksum calculation should be driven by layout
  • MRESOLVER-242 – When no remote checksums provided by layout, transfer inevitably fails/warns
  • MRESOLVER-250 – Usage of descriptors map in DataPool prevents gargabe collection

• New Feature:

  • MRESOLVER-236 – Make it possible to resolve .asc on a ‘fail’ respository.

• Improvements:

  • MRESOLVER-240 – Using breadth-first approach to resolve Maven dependencies
  • MRESOLVER-247 – Avoid unnecessary dependency resolution by a Skip solution based on BFS
  • MRESOLVER-248 – Make DF and BF collector implementations coexist

• Tasks:

  • MRESOLVER-230 – Make supported checksum algorithms extensible
  • MRESOLVER-231 – Extend “smart checksum” feature
  • MRESOLVER-234 – Introduce “provided” checksums feature
  • MRESOLVER-237 – Make all checksum mismatches handled same
  • MRESOLVER-239 – Update and sanitize dependencies
  • MRESOLVER-244 – Deprecate FileTransformer API
  • MRESOLVER-245 – Isolate Hazelcast tests

• Dependency upgrade:

  • MRESOLVER-249 – Update Hazelcast to 5.1.1 in named-locks-hazelcast module

Enjoy,

• The Apache Maven team

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Doxia Version 2.0.0-M2, Released

Doxia is a content generation framework which aims to provide its users with powerful techniques for generating static and dynamic content: Doxia can be used in web-based publishing context to generate static sites, in addition to being incorporated into dynamic content generation systems like blogs, wikis and content management systems.

Release Notes – Maven Doxia base – Version 2.0.0-M2

You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page.

Release Notes – Maven Doxia – Version 2.0.0-M2

• Bug:

  • DOXIA-641 – AptParser throws exception if title is not present

• Tasks:

  • DOXIA-643 – Upgrade to Java 8
  • DOXIA-644 – Replace Plexus Annotations with Java Inject along with JUnit 5
  • DOXIA-645 – Clean up exceptions

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Software Foundation Parent POM Version 26.

You should specify the version in your project as parent like the following:

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<parent>
   <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
   <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
   <version>26</version>
</parent>

You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page:

https://maven.apache.org/pom/asf/download.html

Release Notes – Maven POMs – Version ASF-26

• Improvement:

  • MPOM-310 – Replace Google Analytics with ASF Matomo in documentation

• Task:

  • MPOM-305 – Set minimum enforced Maven version to 3.2.5

• Dependency upgrades:

  • MPOM-304 – Upgrade Maven Project Info Reports Plugin from 3.1.2 to 3.2.2
  • MPOM-306 – Upgrade Maven Compiler Plugin from 3.10.0 to 3.10.1
  • MPOM-307 – Upgrade Maven Dependency Plugin from 3.2.0 to 3.3.0
  • MPOM-312 – Upgrade Maven Shade Plugin from 3.2.4 to 3.3.0
  • MPOM-315 – Upgrade Maven Clean Plugin from 3.1.0 to 3.2.0

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Shared Maven Invoker, version 3.2.0

Apache Maven Invoker is a component to programmatically invoke Maven build.

You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page.

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<dependencies>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-invoker</artifactId>
    <version>3.2.0</version>
  </dependency>
</dependencies>

Release Notes – Maven Shared Components – Version maven-invoker-3.2.0

• Bug:

  • MSHARED-1008 – Set builder id in proper way

• New Feature:

  • MSHARED-1007 – Add MavenHome and MavenExecutable options to

• InvocationRequests:

  • MSHARED-1009 – Allow providing Maven executable from workspace
  • MSHARED-1018 – Allow for using the -ntp ,—no-transfer-progress flag in Maven invocations
  • MSHARED-1019 – Allow pass raw cli option to Maven process

• Improvements:

  • MSHARED-577 – Remove usage of M2_HOME environment variable
  • MSHARED-649 – Use setBaseDirectory() and setPomFile() simultaneously so that a temporary pom file may be used for the maven invocation
  • MSHARED-999 – Shared GitHub Actions
  • MSHARED-1006 – Invoker should be safely used in multi thread
  • MSHARED-1012 – Improve error for invalid Maven home

• Tasks:

  • MSHARED-1040 – Require Java 8

• Dependency upgrade:

  • MSHARED-1042 – Upgrade Parent to 35

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team