Hi, This is what I've added to the Apache Newsletter. Any other comments?
The Apache Maven Project Maven is a Java project management and project comprehension tool. Maven is based on the concept of a project object model (POM) in that all the artifacts produced by Maven are a result of consulting a well defined model for your project. Builds, documentation, source metrics, and source cross-references are all controlled by your POM. Maven 1.0 RC1 [2] was released 30 September. This was another quiet release mostly fixing problems [3] with plugins and adding functionality that allows the automated download and installation of plugins. There is also a preliminary Windows installer available. With this work complete, plugins are now being released on their own cycle, although they will still be distributed with the main Maven release, at least for the time being. This has allowed critical bugfixes and improvements to get to the users much more quickly. The Maven team are now working on RC2 which will focus on some impressive performance and memory usage improvements. A blog called the Maven Diaries [4] has been started to let people know the current direction and status of the project for those that want to follow it more closely. See The Apache Maven Home Page [1] for more details. * [1] - http://maven.apache.org/ <http://maven.apache.org/> * [2] - http://maven.apache.org/builds/release/1.0-rc1/ <http://maven.apache.org/builds/release/1.0-rc1/> * [3] - http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?view= <http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?view=&tempMax=1000&deco rator=printable&start=0&fixfor=10181&mode=hide&reset=true&pid=10030> &tempMax=1000&decorator=printable&start=0&fixfor=10181&mode=hide&reset=true& pid=10030 * [4] - http://blogs.codehaus.org/projects/maven/ <http://blogs.codehaus.org/projects/maven/> - Brett -- Brett Porter Team Leader, Core Systems f2 network ~ everything essential
