We are pleased to announce the Maven Jar Plugin 1.8 release!
http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/plugins/jar/
Plugin for creating JAR files.
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Changes in this version include:
New Features:
o Add tests for jar manifest creation. Fixes MPJAR-19.
o Include Implementation-Vendor-Id attribute for dependencies in manifest.
Fixes MPJAR-15. Thanks to Matt Finn.
o Support specificationVersion in manifest. Fixes MPJAR-39.
Fixed bugs:
o Using maven.jar.manifest.classpath.add=true from maven console gives huge
Class-Path. Fixes MPJAR-46.
o Jar plugin generates incorrect manifest file. Fixes MPJAR-36 and
MPJAR-49.
Thanks to Michael Gaffney.
o java:compile and java:jar-resources should be called before the jar
goal to
create the good directory structure. It was done in test:test before but
it's also a prerequisite for jar:jar.
Changes:
o Remove unused properties from documentation. Fixes MPJAR-47.
o Document need for jar.manifest.classpath property. Fixes MPJAR-35. Thanks
to Dennis Lundberg.
o Update dependencies to match ones in maven 1.1 core and to unify them
between plugins. The following dependencies are updated : velocity
v1.4-dev -> v1.4 Fixes MAVEN-1712.
o It requires at least maven-plugin-plugin v1.7.
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To automatically install the plugin, type the following on a single line:
maven plugin:download
-Dmaven.repo.remote=http://www.ibiblio.org/maven,http://cvs.apache.org/repository/
-DgroupId=maven
-DartifactId=maven-jar-plugin
-Dversion=1.8
For a manual installation, you can download the plugin here:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/java-repository/maven/plugins/maven-jar-plugin-1.8.jar
Have fun!
-The Maven Jar Plugin development team
