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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
