From: Benjamin Bentmann &lt;bentmann(a)apache.org&gt; Date: March 4, 2011 1:06:46 AM GMT+01:00 To: announce(a)apache.org Subject: [ANN] Apache Maven 3.0.3 Released The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Maven 3.0.3 Maven is a project comprehension and build tool, designed to simplify the process of maintaining a healthy development lifecycle for your project. You can read more here: http://maven.apache.org/ Downloads of source and binary distributions are listed in our download section: http://maven.apache.org/download.html A major goal of Maven 3.0.x is to be compatible, to the extent possible, with existing plugins and projects designed for Maven 2.x. Users interested in upgrading to 3.x should have a glance at the compatibility notes for known differences between Maven 3.0 and Maven 2.x: http://cwiki.apache.org/MAVEN/maven-3x-compatibility-notes.html Users who already use Maven 3.0.x are encouraged to update to this new maintenance release. If you encounter unexpected problems while using Maven 3.0.3, please feel free to contact us via the Maven developer list: http://maven.apache.org/mail-lists.html Release Notes - Maven 2 & 3 - Version 3.0.3 (since 3.0.2 only) ** Bug * [MNG-4551] - List parameter in a mojo has strange behaviour * [MNG-4956] - Cygwin mvn script modifies CLASSPATH environment variable * [MNG-4962] - MavenProject.getParent fails to build when parent POM, in reactor, references BOM also in reactor * [MNG-4963] - [regression] Parent POM not downloaded when settings define global mirror and one snapshot repo but no other release repository * [MNG-4973] - [regression] Build extensions are invisible to plugins in multi module build * [MNG-4975] - [regression] plugin executions injected from profile run before instead of after existing executions in the POM * [MNG-4982] - [regression] Cycle between transitive dependencies causes bad effective dependency scope * [MNG-4987] - [regression] LATEST, RELEASE or SNAPSHOT version picked from wrong repository when resolution order does not match timestamp order * [MNG-4990] - RepositorySystem#resolve(request) uses two different local repositories * [MNG-4991] - LegacyRepositorySystem#injectProxy(repositories, proxies) doesn't evaluate non-proxy hosts * [MNG-5000] - [regression] child distributionManagment.site.url not correct in a flat directory layout when child's artifactId doesn't match its module name * [MNG-5003] - MavenPluginManager serves m2e partially initialized mojo descriptors in some cases * [MNG-5005] - bin/mvn contains platform specific echo when on Mac OSX and JAVA_VERSION envvar is set * [MNG-5006] - [regression] Resolution of parent POMs for dependency using version range does not consider all configured repositories * [MNG-5009] - StackOverflowError in DefaultProjectBuilder.build when <module> points at current aggregator POM * [MNG-5014] - [regression] MavenProject.getParent().isExecutionRoot() not properly set * [MNG-5019] - [regression] String-based component lookups performed by report mojos fail with ClassCastException * [MNG-5023] - Wrong calculation of Build Total time ** Improvement * [MNG-3575] - Allow hexadecimal parameters * [MNG-4971] - Display maven home in version info * [MNG-4984] - Simplify drop in of 3rd party extensions for Maven core * [MNG-4988] - API to calculate execution plan without full mojo execution configuration * [MNG-4992] - Allow to configure plugin parameters of type java.util.Properties just like a map * [MNG-5011] - Allow to configure array/collection type plugin parameters via system properties * [MNG-5012] - Allow to configure array-typed plugin parameters from expressions yielding collections and vice versa * [MNG-5013] - Allow to condense configuration of plugin parameter beans that commonly require only one value * [MNG-5020] - JAVA_HOME auto discovery * [MNG-5028] - Obey generics in plugin collection parameters when populating them * [MNG-5033] - Allow to inline collection/array items within plugin configuration ** Task * [MNG-5024] - Update default plugin versions Enjoy, -The Maven team --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: announce-unsubscribe(a)apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: announce-help(a)apache.org