Apache Maven Shade Plugin Version 2.3 Released

calendar May 2, 2014 · 1 min read  ·
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The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Shade Plugin, version 2.3

This plugin provides the capability to package the artifact in an uber-jar, including its dependencies and to shade - i.e. rename - the packages of some of the dependencies.

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

1<plugin>
2  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
3  <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
4  <version>2.3</version>
5</plugin>

Release Notes - Maven Shade Plugin - Version 2.3

Bug:

  • MSHADE-166 - maven-shade-plugin not compatible with Java 8

Improvment:

  • MSHADE-167 - [PATCH] When individual classes are renamed, they are not debuggable

Have Fun!

The Apache Maven team