The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Maven Jar Plugin, version 2.2.
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-jar-plugin/ You can run mvn -up to get the latest version of the plugin, or specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.2</version> </plugin> Release Notes - Maven 2.x Jar Plugin - Version 2.2 ** Bug * [MJAR-49] - Jarsigner fails on windows due to spaces in pathnames * [MJAR-50] - "Invalid Header" in jar's Manifest (Specification-Title attribute) when tab char in pom Description * [MJAR-57] - Specification and Implementation details missing from manifest * [MJAR-59] - Impossible to create empty entries in MANIFEST * [MJAR-60] - Adding directories to manifest classpath entry is not possible * [MJAR-75] - [PATCH] Wrong artifact type attached to the project by the test-jar goal * [MJAR-77] - Link to MavenArchiveConfiguration javadoc is broken * [MJAR-78] - jar:sign skip option does not work * [MJAR-79] - META-INF/persistence.xml excluded from artifact when index=true * [MJAR-80] - excludes is not working for maven-jar-plugin * [MJAR-83] - addClasspath is not respected for runtime dependencies * [MJAR-88] - use maven-invoker-plugin instead of maven-embedder for it tests * [MJAR-90] - when maven.test.Skip is set, the test-jar artifact is empty ** Improvement * [MJAR-30] - Allow includes/excludes specification * [MJAR-51] - handle signing jars which are not project artifacts and not "in place" signing * [MJAR-58] - Update Jar Plugin Documentation (more examples for manifest customization) * [MJAR-64] - jar:jar ignores command line argument -DfinalName=xxx * [MJAR-70] - Ability to skip jar recreation if any of resources are older than existing jar * [MJAR-71] - use manifest in classesdir/META-INF if exists * [MJAR-74] - Upgrade maven-archiver dependency to 2.3-SNAPSHOT * [MJAR-82] - Class-Path manifest entry should support maven repository layout ** New Feature * [MJAR-84] - Need ability to not attach a jar when not signing in place * [MJAR-86] - Jarsigner option 'storetype' not supported by the plugin ** Task * [MJAR-89] - release maven-invoker-plugin * [MJAR-91] - release maven-archiver * [MJAR-92] - release plexus-utils 1.4.9 Enjoy, -The Maven team --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]