Apache Maven Shared Component: Maven Common Artifact Filters 3.0.0 Released
The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Shared Component: Maven Common Artifact Filters Version 3.0.0.
A collection of ready-made filters to control inclusion/exclusion of artifacts during dependency resolution.
Important Notes:
- Maven 3.X only
 - JDK 6 minimum requirement
 
You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:
1<plugin>
2  <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
3  <artifactId>maven-common-artifact-filters</artifactId>
4  <version>3.0.0</version>
5</plugin>
You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page.
Release Notes Maven Common Artifact Filters 3.0.0
Bug:
- MSHARED-466 - Filtering dependencies does not retain the order of the unfiltered list
 
Improvements:
- MSHARED-403 - Upgrade to Maven 2.2.1 compatiblity
 - MSHARED-404 - Upgrade maven-shared-utils to 0.7
 - MSHARED-423 - Change JDK + Maven requirements
 - MSHARED-424 - Add Filter mechanism which can be passed to Sonatype/Eclipse Aether
 - MSHARED-425 - Change construct-method signatures of ArtifactTransitivityFilter; don't use deprecated M2 code
 - MSHARED-450 - Upgrade maven-shared-utils to 3.0.0
 - MSHARED-458 - Upgrade maven-shared-components parent to version 22
 - MSHARED-468 - Remove @Deprecated marked code
 
Enjoy,
-The Apache Maven team