Apache Maven Jar Plugin Version 3.0.0 Released

calendar May 15, 2016 · 2 min read  ·
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The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Jar Plugin, version 3.0.0.

This plugin provides the capability to build jars.

Important Note:

  • Maven 3.X only
  • JDK 6 minimum requirement
1<plugin>
2  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
3  <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
4  <version>3.0.0</version>
5</plugin>

Release Notes - Maven JAR Plugin - Version 3.0.0

Bugs:

  • MJAR-177 - Empty string should be treated as default classifier
  • MJAR-198 - jar:jar without classifier replaces default jar
  • MJAR-204 - Adding plexus-utils version 3.0.22
  • MJAR-205 - Compatibility with JDK9 requires an update of plexus-archiver
  • MJAR-216 - Documentation for skip param in test-jar goal is wrong

Documentation:

Improvements:

  • MJAR-183 - Add LifecycleMapping and ArtifactHandler from maven-core to target packaging plugin
  • MJAR-194 - Upgrade plexus-archiver to 2.10
  • MJAR-199 - Option "classifier" to goal test-jar
  • MJAR-201 - Upgrade Maven 3.X Only JDK 1.6
  • MJAR-202 - Bump version to 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT
  • MJAR-203 - Change package to org.apache.maven.plugins to prevent conflict with Maven Core
  • MJAR-207 - Upgrade plexus-archiver from 3.0.3 to 3.1
  • MJAR-208 - Make naming of properties consistent
  • MJAR-209 - Remove param properties that doesn't make sense for CLI usage
  • MJAR-210 - Remove useDefaultManifestFile parameter
  • MJAR-214 - Replace @pom.version@ with @project.version@ in Integration Tests
  • MJAR-215 - Upgrade plexus-archiver from 3.1 to 3.1.1 in synch with maven-archiver 3.0.1
  • MJAR-217 - Make finalName readonly parameter

Tasks:

  • MJAR-213 - Upgrade to maven-archiver 3.0.1
  • MJAR-218 - Upgrade to maven-archiver 3.0.2 to fix regression

Reporters of this Release:

Tester of this Release:

  • Stian Soiland-Reyes

Many thanks to all reporters/contributors/testers of this release.

Enjoy,

  • The Apache Maven team