Apache Maven Source Plugin Version 3.0.0 Released

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Source Plugin, Version 3.0.0.

The Source Plugin creates a jar archive of the source files of the current project. The jar file is, by default, created in the project's target directory.

1<plugin>
2  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
3  <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
4  <version>3.0.0</version>
5</plugin>

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

Release Notes - Apache Maven Source Version 3.0.0

Bug:

• MSOURCES-81 - allow sources jar to contain Maven descriptor

Improvements:

• MSOURCES-75 - Update version of plexus-archiver to 2.7
• MSOURCES-76 - Upgrade from maven-plugins version 25 to 26
• MSOURCES-77 - Upgrade maven-archiver from 2.5 to 2.6
• MSOURCES-78 - Upgrade plexus-archiver 2.7 to 2.8.4
• MSOURCES-79 - Upgrade to maven-plugins parent version 27
• MSOURCES-80 - Upgrade plexus-archiver to 2.10.2
• MSOURCES-82 - Make naming of properties consistent to the plugin name.
• MSOURCES-83 - Make Plugin only Maven 3.0 minimum
• MSOURCES-84 - Change package name from org.apache.maven.plugin to org.apache.maven.plugins
• MSOURCES-85 - Upgrade plexus-archiver to 3.0.1
• MSOURCES-86 - Upgrade maven-archiver to 3.0.0
• MSOURCES-88 - Upgrade plexus-utils to 3.0.22
• MSOURCES-89 - Using plugin parent version 28
• MSOURCES-90 - Upgrade junit to 4.11
• MSOURCES-91 - Added several properties for parameters
• MSOURCES-92 - Generate Maven Descriptor by default
• MSOURCES-93 - Upgrade plexus-archiver from 3.0.1 to 3.0.3

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team

Karl Heinz Marbaise