The Mojo team is pleased to announce the release of the Versions Maven Plugin, version 1.0-alpha-1.
This plugin allows: * the querying for newer versions of plugins used in a project. * the querying for newer versions of dependencies used in a project. * updating a project's parent to the latest available version (e.g. useful for syncing with corporate poms to ensure the latest is used prior to rolling a release) * updating properties defined in a project to the latest version of a specific artifact (e.g. for ensuring that a suite of dependencies are all the same version) http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-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.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.0-alpha-1</version> </plugin> Release Notes - Maven 2.x Versions Plugin - Version 1.0-alpha-1 ** Bug * [MVERSIONS-1] - javadoc plugin doesn't have its version specified but it has * [MVERSIONS-2] - display-plugin-updates does not include lifecycle plugins that are not defined in the pom. ** Known Issues - Maven 2.x Versions Plugin - Version 1.0-alpha-1 * [MVERSIONS-3] - display-plugin-updates does not identify the plugin version as not being provided when derived from the super-pom Enjoy, -The Mojo team
