AVRO-647 has been committed. The Java build now uses Maven, and produces several output jars.
There are a few remaining tasks including: * Documentation. build / test instructions, artifact descriptions, deploy/release instructions. * Tie-in with global build. For more information, see the description in this comment: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-647?focusedCommentId=12928427&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#action_12928427
