Apache Maven Release Plugin Version 2.5.1 Released

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Release Plugin, version 2.5.1.

The maven-release provides technology for automating releases, including the maven-release-plugin.

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

1<plugin>
2  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
3  <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
4  <version>2.5.1</version>
5</plugin>

Release Notes - Maven Release Plugin - Version 2.5.1

Bugs:

  • [MRELEASE-875] - release:prepare does not commit pom.xml if not in the git root
  • [MRELEASE-877] - release:branch commit msg faulty
  • [MRELEASE-885] - When the base pom is a subdirectory, tagging fails in GIT
  • [MRELEASE-888] - Update to SCM version 1.9.2

Improvement:

  • [MRELEASE-883] - Upgrade SCM to 1.9.1

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team