The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of Maven Remote Resources Plugin version 1.0-alpha-4.
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-remote-resources-plugin/ This release is to address two critical issues with 1.0-alpha-3 that could cause builds to completely fail. Release Notes - Maven 2.x Remote Resources Plugin - Version 1.0-alpha-4 ** Bug * [MRRESOURCES-14] - Running the process goal fails if there is no target directory * [MRRESOURCES-15] - ClassCast Exception happens when depending on the snapshot artifacts * [MRRESOURCES-17] - Error creating dot file (remote-resources:process/ phase=generate-sources) - The Maven Team
