Who: The Apache Software Foundation (ASF): all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of nearly 150 Open Source projects and initiatives.
What: In development for nearly 10 years, and an ASF Top-Level Project since 2003, Apache Maven is the build system of choice for millions of developers and thousands of organizations world-wide. Why: Maven 3 represents the culmination of nearly two years of work re-architecting the internals of the system based on experience gained over the last five years with Maven 2.x. Maven 3 is faster, more reliable, and more extensible, with users already reporting 10-40% improvements in build time over Maven 2. "A key priority for our users was backward compatibility," said Brian Fox, Vice President of Apache Maven. "We've invested a significant amount of time and effort to ensure a smooth transition while maintaining backward compatibility with Maven 2 builds and plugins." Highlights of the release include: * Parallel build capability * Conversion of IoC system from Plexus to Guice, including a Plexus compatibility layer * Rewritten dependency resolution logic, designed to be extensible and embedded in other applications * Improved POM validation during the build to warn users of potential problems * Improved error handling and messages * Decoupled reporting engine from the core * New inheritance and interpolation code designed to be extensible and allow composition of POMs in future releases * More robust handling of local repository data * True plugin classpath isolation * Massively improved regression test suite for Maven core and plugins Further details are available at http://maven.apache.org/docs/3.0/release-notes.html When: Apache Maven 3 was released on 8 October 2010 In addition, Apache Maven training will be held on 1 November at ApacheCon in Atlanta, Georgia. Where: Apache Maven 3 is released under the Apache License v2.0, and available for download at http://maven.apache.org/ For details on Maven training visit http://apachecon.com # # #