There is more beyond that. Remember that we also upgraded to wagon-1.0 which 
had some _serious_ fixes, etc. + upgrade to the new apache parent and other 
stuff which have been no maven-core part directly, but got fixed subsequently.

LieGrue,
strub

--- On Fri, 8/19/11, Jason van Zyl <ja...@maven.org> wrote:

> From: Jason van Zyl <ja...@maven.org>
> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] release maven-3.0.4 now with the old aether
> To: "Maven Developers List" <dev@maven.apache.org>
> Date: Friday, August 19, 2011, 11:45 AM
> I think we should wait for the vote
> to finish as it appears the vote will pass and then a
> release can be made that users actually want. That fixes are
> are most requested fall into the category of requiring the
> newer versions of Aether and Sisu.
> 
> I'm certain users would be more interested in having a
> version with Aether 1.12 which has been released. So if we
> don't want to cut a release with that in it then waiting
> another month, I believe, is better than rushing out some
> release now with 6 fixes which are minor and making all
> users drop in libraries themselves to fix the issues that
> are hurting them most. If we want to wait for official
> Eclipse releases then we should just wait.
> 
> Users who are on the dev list feel free to chime in.
> 
> ------------------------------------
> Summary of the issues
> ------------------------------------
> 
> [MNG-5064][1] mvn -nsu (--no-snapshot-updates) should not
> download snapshots (and break local builds)
> [MNG-5131][2] Wrong encoding for encrypted passwords
> [MNG-5113][3] NullPointerException on javadoc site
> generation
> [MNG-5137][4] Reactor resolution does not work for forked
> multi module builds
> [MNG-5096][5] <exclusion> on <dependency> with
> <type>test-jar</type> doesn't work in maven 3
> [MNG-5135][6] Regression: in some cases aggregator mojo is
> unable to resolve dependencies with custom packaging
> 
> Fixes not pushed back to the ASF as these are dependent on
> fixes in Eclipse Aether and Eclipse Sisu:
> 
> [MNG-5042][7] Regression: CloningClassLoader causes
> StackOverflowError in groovy
> [MNG-5056][8] Test dependencies get packaged into WAR
> file.
> [MNG-5084][9] Resolver for plugins failing
> [MNG-5087][10] Maven 3 dependency resolution fails until
> maven-metadata-local.xml files (created by
> maven-invoker-plugin) are deleted
> [MNG-5125] [11]Regression: mvn 3.0.3 is extreemly slow with
> a large number of dependencies
> [MNG-5138][12] Dependency conflicts are extremely opaque
> 
> On Aug 19, 2011, at 7:32 AM, Mark Struberg wrote:
> 
> > I think the outcome of the other vote doesn't change
> much.
> > The following scenarios are possible:
> > 
> > a.) The vote fails and maven stays at aether 1.11. In
> this case we still should ship a 3.0.4 to fix a few bugs on
> our side.
> > 
> > b.) The vote passes and aether @eclipse must change
> package names + GAV then it will certainly take a bit time
> on both sides. So users still could upgrade to aether-1.12
> manually if they want.
> > 
> > c.) The vote passes and aether GAV and package names
> are allowed to remain com.sonatype.* In this case users
> might also manually update if they want.
> > 
> > In any case we should ship maven-3.0.5 once there is a
> new aether version shipped by the Eclipse Foundation AND we
> did run sufficient tests with this version on our side.
> > 
> > LieGrue,
> > strub
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Fri, 8/19/11, Jason van Zyl <ja...@maven.org>
> wrote:
> > 
> >> From: Jason van Zyl <ja...@maven.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] release maven-3.0.4 now
> with the old aether
> >> To: "Maven Developers List" <dev@maven.apache.org>
> >> Date: Friday, August 19, 2011, 11:09 AM
> >> Mark,
> >> 
> >> I think you're jumping the gun a bit. The vote
> that Arnaud
> >> proposed is not finished yet. Many PMC members
> have not
> >> voted yet and at the very least to short-circuit
> the vote we
> >> need to reach a majority amongst the PMC. Once
> that happens
> >> then I think we can start discussing a 3.0.4
> release.
> >> 
> >> On Aug 19, 2011, at 5:34 AM, Mark Struberg wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Hi folks!
> >>> 
> >>> I know aether @eclipse should be starting in
> the next
> >> weeks. But it will certainly take a few more weeks
> to get
> >> all the packages renamed (most probably), etc.
> >>> 
> >>> Should we create a 3.0.4 with the old aether
> package
> >> names now and start with the upgrade later?
> >>> 
> >>> +1 from me.
> >>> 
> >>> LieGrue,
> >>> strub
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>
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> >> Thanks,
> >> 
> >> Jason
> >> 
> >>
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> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> > 
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> 
> Jason
> 
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