Apache Maven Checkstyle Plugin Version 3.2.0 Released

The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Checkstyle Plugin, version 3.2.0.

The Checkstyle Plugin generates a report regarding the code style used by the developers. For more information about Checkstyle, see https://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/.

You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:

1<plugin>
2  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
3  <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
4  <version>3.2.0</version>
5</plugin>

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

Release Notes - Apache Maven Checkstyle Plugin - Version 3.2.0

• Task:

  • MCHECKSTYLE-418 - Deprecate RSS feature and disable by default

• Dependency upgrades:

  • MCHECKSTYLE-393 - upgrade Doxia Sitetools to 1.9.2 to remove dependency on Struts
  • MCHECKSTYLE-399 - Upgrade Checkstyle to 8.41.1
  • MCHECKSTYLE-402 - Require Maven 3.1.1 (drop dependency to Maven 3.0)
  • MCHECKSTYLE-406 - Make plugin compatible with Checkstyle 8.44 (Upgraded to 9.1)
  • MCHECKSTYLE-410 - Require Maven 3.2.5+
  • MCHECKSTYLE-417 - Upgrade Maven Reporting API to 3.1.1/Maven Reporting Impl to 3.2.0
  • MCHECKSTYLE-419 - Upgrade Parent to 37 and cleanup

Compatibility Notice:

• For technical reasons the parameter encoding has been replaced with inputEncoding. For details please see
  • MCHECKSTYLE-417.
  • Git Commit.

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team