Hi, The beta-2 release was cancelled because of having changed the groupId without renaming the package.
This release mainly updates to Maven 4.0.0-beta-5 (the API is compatible with rc-1) and changes the main package and the groupId. Release notes (visibility is limited to committers): https://github.com/apache/maven-archiver/releases/tag/untagged-1d181f4017c8cee250e7 Gist of the above for non committers: https://gist.github.com/gnodet/d51b135fce0542508e0015efe7a80ef1 Staging repo: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/maven-2249/ https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/maven-2249/org/apache/maven/shared/maven-archiver/4.0.0-beta-3/maven-archiver-4.0.0-beta-3-source-release.zip Source release checksum: SHA512(maven-archiver-4.0.0-beta-3-source-release.zip)= e7659c85386b61bf33f5c5f18dc38d17d15f368fd9c78bc0f0ffd0d52242d692260cdae7a5b96655b1ab26d8957725b3a9af44d25fdaddce4bb1d55e32e1f3e3 Staging site: https://maven.apache.org/shared-archives/maven-archiver-LATEST/ Guide to testing staged releases: https://maven.apache.org/guides/development/guide-testing-releases.html The vote will be opened for at least 72 hours. Please review and vote ! -- ------------------------ Guillaume Nodet