So long, and thanks for all the fish.
And a recommendation for all those embarking on an upgrade.
Get with the times and take advantage of all the advantages from the latest and
greatest and move to Maven 3.3.1.
http://blog.soebes.de/blog/2015/03/17/apache-maven-3-dot-3-1-features/
http://takari.io/2015/03/19/core-extensions.html
http://takari.io/2015/03/19/polyglot-maven.html
http://takari.io/2015/03/20/mmp.html
See you on the other side
Manfred
PS: For reference to my quotes..
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=see+you+on+the+other+side
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Long,_and_Thanks_for_All_the_Fish
Karl Heinz Marbaise wrote on 20.03.2015 14:39:
> Dear Maven Users,
>
> based on the End of Life of Maven 2.2.1 (a year ago) now the time has
> come to make the final releases of Apache Maven Plugins which support
> Maven 2.X.
>
> If you continue to use Maven 2.2.1 or earlier you have to be aware of
> using an completely unsupported Maven version as well as unsupported
> Maven plugins for the future.
>
> If you want to have access to new features and bug fixes it is really
> necessary to update to new Maven versions.
>
> The next Maven version which will go the same way as Maven 2.2.1
> will be Maven 3.0.5.
>
> We have documented the final releases of plugins which support Maven
> 2.2.1 in relationship with JDK 1.5.
>
> The complete list can be found here:
>
> http://maven.apache.org/maven-2.x-eol.html
>
> The next step on our roadmap is to lift all plugin versions to 3.0.0 to
> make clear those plugins will only work with Maven 3.0+ furthermore the
> Java minimum requirement will be lifted to JDK 1.6 as well.
>
> No "rule" without exceptions. Here they come:
>
> * maven-site-plugin (Version 3.4)
> See the docs of the plugin for usage in Maven 2.X
>
> * maven-compiler-plugin (Version 3.2)
> which works with Maven 2.2.1.
>
> * maven-plugin-plugin (Version 3.4)
> which works with Maven 2.2.1
>
> * maven-pmd-plugin (Version 3.4)
> which works with Maven 2.2.1 but needs JDK 1.6
>
> The following plugins already have the Maven 3.0+ requirement:
>
> * maven-scm-publish-plugin (Version 1.1)
> * maven-shade-plugin (Version 2.3)
>
> Currently the plan is to make those plugins which are already at 3.X
> being lifted to version 3.5.0 for Maven 3.X only:
>
> * maven-site-plugin (Version 3.5.0)
>
> * maven-compiler-plugin (Version 3.5.0)
>
> * maven-plugin-plugin (Version 3.5.0)
>
> * maven-pmd-plugin (Version 3.5.0)
>
> All other plugins will get a version 3.0.0 to identify Maven 3.X only
> plugins and the JDK minimum will be 1.6.
>
> Example:
> So to make things more clearer here is an example:
>
> Currently we have the maven-clean-plugin with version 2.6.1.
>
> This plugin supports Maven 2.2.1 and JDK 1.5 minimum.
>
> This plugin will get a new major release with version 3.0.0
> which has the Maven minimum 3.0 AND Java minimum 1.6.
>
> Kind regards
> - The Apache Maven Team
>
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