The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Maven 4.0.0-alpha-8.
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 4.0.0-alpha-8 is available via https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi This is an alpha release, not suitable for production. If you hit any problem, please raise a JIRA issue or send an email to the mailing list. This alpha release provides new cornerstone features for the future Maven evolution. In particular, the POM model which was set in stone to a 4.0.0 version since Maven 2.0, is now able to evolve. For modules that have a packaging which is not POM, the flattened consumer POM is now installed/deployed instead of the main POM, eventually translated back into a 4.0.0 model version for consumer compatibility. The build POM is also installed / deployed unchanged with build classifier. This allows the introduction of the 4.1.0 model which already brings a few improvements. The full list of changes can be found in our issue management system. Among those are: * switch from Plexus XML to StAX / Woodstox for XML parsing * support for alternative POM syntaxes * introduce a 4.1.0 model version * add flexible goal ordering (in 4.1.0 model) * allow glob patterns in dependency exclusions * support proxy port interpolation in settings.xml * add support for TRACE logging level (with style “bold,magenta”) * add model version analysis and downgrade * attach the build POM (with build clasifier) and simplify the build/consumer implementation * add a new BOM packaging * trim down the consumer POM * expose the rootDirectory for model processing * support configuration in extensions.xml / <extension> elements (in 4.1.0 model) * generic .uri suffix to get the URI representation of any file property * allow registering Maven core extension in .m2 directory instead of MAVEN_HOME * colorize transfer messages * the root attribute introduced in alpha-7 has been moved to the new 4.1.0 model For more information read https://maven.apache.org/docs/4.0.0-alpha-8/release-notes.html Enjoy ! Guillaume Nodet
