Hi Eric, It is likely due to the resolver changes and its API migration in the related releases but from your message it sounds like it has the expected positive impact, anything you dislike there?
Romain Manni-Bucau @rmannibucau <https://x.com/rmannibucau> | .NET Blog <https://dotnetbirdie.github.io/> | Blog <https://rmannibucau.github.io/> | Old Blog <http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com> | Github <https://github.com/rmannibucau> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau> | Book <https://www.packtpub.com/en-us/product/java-ee-8-high-performance-9781788473064> Javaccino founder (Java/.NET service - contact via linkedin) Le sam. 7 mars 2026 à 16:55, Eric Lilja <[email protected]> a écrit : > This change in behavior (see below) persists in Maven 3.9.13. Could someone > shed some light on this? Thanks in advance! > > Eric L > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 7:57 PM Eric Lilja <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, I noticed a slight change in behavior when upgrading a client's setup > > from Maven 3.9.11 to 3.9.12. > > > > In this scenario, we start out with an empty .m2/repository and we build > > the same set of projects in exactly the same way (it's a script). > > > > The parent pom is part of the build (built first) and it locks in > versions > > for most Maven plugins. One change I noticed was that plugins that were > > only part of parent pluginManagement, but not used directly in the set of > > projects built, were no longer being downloaded. In my clients case, that > > was maven-assembly-plugin, maven-deploy-plugin, and maven-release-plugin > > (plus a release artifact). > > > > The second difference was that some Maven metadata files were generated, > > they seem to be pertaining to plugins, that are not generated with 3.911. > > > > I looked in the changelog briefly and nothing caught my attention to > > explain this difference. Also tried downgrading maven-resolver to the > > version used in 3.9.11, but that made no difference. > > > > I was just curious to know if these differences between 3.911 and 3.9.12 > > are intentional or not? > > > > Best regards, > > Eric L > > >
