On Thursday October 26 2006 11:26 am, Matthew Beermann wrote:
> Are there any plans to release a new version of the Release plugin any
> time soon? It's been since last May (!)...
>
> The particular feature we're most interested in is for it to insert
> explict versions of the build plugins while creating the release POM.
> This is a necessary prerequisite to having truly repeatable builds.
> There are comments in the code to the effect that this feature is
> planned, but I can't seem to find the JIRA issue that tracks it...
>
> --Matthew Beermann

While we're on the subject, what about some of the other plugins that 
haven't seen action in a while or have other major issues:

1) maven-dependency-plugin - this one actually has docs on 
maven.apache.org 
(http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-dependency-plugin/).  However, it 
doesn't actually exist.   It's NEVER been released.   The only released 
version available is the older "mojo" versions that don't have all the 
new goals documented at apache.org.   Anyway, having a plugin listed at 
apache.org that doesn't actually exist is probably not a good thing.

2) surefire - the 2.2 version is pretty much un-usable in a reactor build 
with reporting turned on as all the tests are "cumulative" and you get 
results from previous modules in the current module.    We've had to 
force the usage of 2.1.3.     Also, JUnit 4 would be nice.   :-)   (one 
project I'm involved in has almost abandoned the ant -> maven transition 
due to lack of JUnit 4 support)

3) PMD - pmd 3.8 was released a few weeks ago.   Updating the plugin just 
to use 3.8 would be nice as it fixes several problems with JDK 1.5 code.   
(Requires 3.8 being added to central)

4) Assembly - hasn't been released since May.  The SNAPSHOTS have some 
fixes that were required by tuscany.  Not sure the details.   However, 
they cannot use the release plugin due to the snapshot dependency.  (not 
that they could use the release plugin anyway due to previously 
documented issues with the release plugin and the apache processes)

I'm sure other people have more plugins they'd like to see released.   I 
know a bunch of the maven folks are hard at work on things like Archiva, 
Maven 2.1, rsync improvements, etc...  However, IMO, the current plugins 
aren't receiving the love and attention they need and the community is 
suffering for it.

Maybe I should find some time to help out....  :-(

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J. Daniel Kulp
Principal Engineer
IONA
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