Apache Maven Shade Plugin Version 2.4.2 Released

calendar Oct 28, 2015 · 1 min read  ·
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The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Shade Plugin, version 2.4.2.

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>2.4.2</version>
5</plugin>

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

Release Notes - Maven Shade Plugin - Version 2.4.2

Bugs:

  • MSHADE-172 - "java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero" in MinijarFilter
  • MSHADE-190 - Shade does not relocate the contents of META-INF/services files
  • MSHADE-209 - [REGRESSION] "java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero" in MinijarFilter (reporter Jon McLean).

Improvements:

  • MSHADE-205 - Better use of ClazzpathUnit for improved jar minimization (contributation of Benoit Perrot).
  • MSHADE-207 - Replace wrong link to codehaus with correct location
  • MSHADE-210 - Upgrade maven-plugins parent to version 28.
  • MSHADE-211 - Keep Java 1.5

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team

Thanks to contributors and reporters.