Apache Maven Assembly Plugin Version 2.6 Released

Oct 10, 2015 · 1 min read ·

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Assembly Plugin, version 2.6.

The Assembly Plugin for Maven is primarily intended to allow users to aggregate the project output along with its dependencies, modules, site documentation, and other files into a single distributable archive.

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

1<plugin>
2  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
3  <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
4  <version>2.6</version>
5</plugin>

Release Notes - Maven Assembly Plugin - Version 2.6

Improvements:

MASSEMBLY-780 - Snappy supported

Important Note:: This version requires Java 1.6.

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team