From: Vincent Siveton &lt;vsiveton(a)apache.org&gt; Date: October 26, 2009 4:36:01 PM CEST To: announce(a)maven.apache.org, users(a)maven.apache.org Subject: [ANN] Maven Javadoc Plugin 2.6.1 Released Reply-To: "Maven Users List" &lt;users(a)maven.apache.org&gt; The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Maven Javadoc Plugin, version 2.6.1 This plugin uses the javadoc tool for generating javadocs for the specified project. http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin/ You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.6.1</version> </plugin> Release Notes - Maven 2.x Javadoc Plugin - Version 2.6.1 ** Bug * [MJAVADOC-244] - Javadoc plugin: java files under src/main/javadoc and doc-files directory are being compiled * [MJAVADOC-246] - ExceptionInInitializerError with maven-site-plugin:2.1-SNAPSHOT and mvn > 2.1 * [MJAVADOC-251] - Configuration of javadoc:javadoc fails with NPE upon disadvantageous order of config injection * [MJAVADOC-252] - javadoc link : nonproxyhosts not used * [MJAVADOC-257] - maven-javadoc-plugin 2.5, 2.6 and mojo: Error extracting plugin descriptor * [MJAVADOC-259] - Resource copying from javadoc dir is incomplete * [MJAVADOC-262] - Parameters like sourcepath depend on system path separator (colon/semicolon) * [MJAVADOC-268] - performance problem in AbstractJavadocMojo.getModulesLinks() ** Improvement * [MJAVADOC-258] - Grouping example could show multiple packages per group * [MJAVADOC-266] - META-INF directory copied from resource artifacts * [MJAVADOC-267] - Allow changing the reportOutputDirectory from the commandline ** Task * [MJAVADOC-248] - Site 'Usage' page references 2.5 version of m- javadoc-p Enjoy, -The Maven team