Apache Maven 3.8.2 Released

calendar Aug 14, 2021 · 4 min read  ·
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The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven 3.8.2

Apache Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool. Based on the concept of a project object model (POM), Maven can manage a project's build, reporting and documentation from a central piece of information.

Maven 3.8.2 is available via https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi

The core release is independent of plugin releases. Further releases of plugins will be made separately.

If you have any questions, please consult:

Release Notes - Maven - Version 3.8.2

  • Sub-task

    • MNG-6281 - ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException caused by pom.xml with invalid/duplicate XML

  • Bugs:

    • MNG-4706 - Multithreaded building can create bad files for downloaded artifacts in local repository
    • MNG-5307 - NPE during resolution of dependencies - parallel mode
    • MNG-5315 - Artifact resolution sporadically fails in parallel builds
    • MNG-5838 - Maven on No-File-Lock Systems
    • MNG-5868 - Adding serval times the same artifact via MavenProjectHelper (attachArtifact) keep adding to the List duplicate artifacts
    • MNG-6071 - GetResource ('/) returns 'null' if build is started with -f
    • MNG-6216 - ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException when parsing POM
    • MNG-6239 - Jansi messes up System.err and System.out
    • MNG-6380 - Option -Dstyle.color=always doesn't force color output
    • MNG-6604 - Intermittent failures while downloading GAVs from Nexus
    • MNG-6648 - 'mavenrc_pre' script does not receive arguments like mavenrc in Bourne shell does
    • MNG-6719 - mvn color output escape keys w/ "| tee xxx.log" on Win with git/bash
    • MNG-6737 - StackOverflowError when version ranges are unsolvable and graph contains a cycle
    • MNG-6767 - Plugin with ${project.groupId} resolved improperly
    • MNG-6819 - NullPointerException for DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader.loadPom
    • MNG-6828 - DependencyResolutionException breaks serialization
    • MNG-6842 - ProjectBuilderTest uses Guava, but Guava is not defined in dependencies
    • MNG-6843 - Parallel build fails due to missing JAR artifacts in compilePath
    • MNG-6850 - Prevent printing the EXEC_DIR when it's just a disk letter
    • MNG-6921 - Maven compile with properties ${artifactId} and ${project.build.finalName} occurs java.lang.NullPointerException
    • MNG-6937 - StringSearchModelInterpolatorTest fails on symlinked paths
    • MNG-6964 - Maven version sorting is internally inconsistent
    • MNG-6983 - Plugin key can get out of sync with artifactId and groupId
    • MNG-7000 - metadata.mdo contains invalid link to schema
    • MNG-7032 - Option -B still showing formatting when used with --version
    • MNG-7034 - StackOverflowError thrown if a cycle exists in BOM imports
    • MNG-7090 - mvnDebug does not work on Java 11+
    • MNG-7127 - NullPointerException in MavenCliTest.testStyleColors in JDK 16
    • MNG-7155 - make sources jar reproducible (upgrade maven-source-plugin to 3.2.1)
    • MNG-7161 - Error thrown during uninstalling of JAnsi

  • New Feature

    • MNG-7149 - Introduce MAVEN_DEBUG_ADDRESS in mvnDebug scripts

  • Improvements:

    • MNG-2802 - Concurrent-safe access to local Maven repository
    • MNG-6471 - Parallel builder should use the module name as thread name
    • MNG-6754 - Set the same timestamp in multi module builds
    • MNG-6810 - Remove profiles in maven-model
    • MNG-6811 - Remove unnecessary filtering configuration
    • MNG-6816 - Prefer System.lineSeparator() over system properties
    • MNG-6827 - Replace deprecated StringUtils#defaultString() from Plexus Utils
    • MNG-6837 - Simplify detection of the MAVEN_HOME and make it fully qualified on Windows
    • MNG-6844 - Use StandardCharsets and remove outdated @SuppressWarnings
    • MNG-6853 - Don't box primitives where it's not needed
    • MNG-6859 - Build not easily reproducible when built from source release archive
    • MNG-6873 - Inconsistent library versions notice
    • MNG-6967 - Improve the command line output from maven-artifact
    • MNG-6987 - Reorder groupId before artifactId when writing an exclusion using maven-model
    • MNG-7010 - Omit "NB: JAVA_HOME should point to a JDK not a JRE" except when that is the problem
    • MNG-7064 - Use HTTPS for schema location in global settings.xml
    • MNG-7080 - Add a --color option
    • MNG-7170 - Allow to associate pomFile/${basedir} with DefaultProjectBuilder.build(ModelSource, ...)
    • MNG-7180 - Make --color option behave more like BSD/GNU grep's --color option
    • MNG-7181 - Make --version support -q
    • MNG-7185 - Describe explicit and recommended version for VersionRange.createFromVersionSpec()
    • MNG-7190 - Load mavenrc from /usr/local/etc also in Bourne shell script

  • Tasks:

    • MNG-6598 - Maven 3.6.0 and Surefire problem
    • MNG-6884 - Cleanup POM File after version upgrade
    • MNG-7172 - Remove expansion of Jansi native libraries
    • MNG-7184 - document .mavenrc/maven_pre.bat|cmd scripts and MAVEN_SKIP_RC environment variable

  • Dependency upgrades:

    • MNG-6872 - Found CVEs in your dependencies - plexus-utils (tests)
    • MNG-6874 - Upgrade Maven Parent to 34
    • MNG-6886 - Upgrade plexus-cipher 1.8
    • MNG-6993 - Upgrade SLF4J to 1.7.30
    • MNG-7152 - Upgrade Maven Resolver to 1.6.3
    • MNG-7177 - Upgrade Maven Shared Utils to 3.3.4
    • MNG-7179 - Upgrade Jansi to 2.3.3
    • MNG-7186 - Upgrade Guice to 4.2.2
    • MNG-7196 - Upgrade Jansi to 2.3.4
    • MNG-7198 - Upgrade SLF4J to 1.7.32

  • Known Issues:

For more information read https://maven.apache.org/docs/3.8.2/release-notes.html

Enjoy!

  • The Maven Team