From: Stephen Connolly &lt;stephenc(a)apache.org&gt; Date: July 1, 2011 12:28:29 PM GMT+02:00 To: announce(a)maven.apache.org, Maven Users List &lt;users(a)maven.apache.org&gt; Cc: Maven Developers List &lt;dev(a)maven.apache.org&gt; Subject: [ANN] Maven Release Plugin 2.2 Released Reply-To: "Maven Developers List" &lt;dev(a)maven.apache.org&gt; The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Maven Release Plugin, version 2.2 This plugin is used to release a project with Maven, saving a lot of repetitive, manual work. Releasing a project is made in two steps: prepare and perform. http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/ You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.2</version> </plugin> Release Notes - Maven 2.x Release Plugin - Version 2.2 ** Bug * [MRELEASE-374] - Snapshot versions unusable in batch mode * [MRELEASE-622] - Creating label fails for ClearCase with message 'Unable to determine VOB for pathname ".".' * [MRELEASE-661] - Exception: String index out of range: -1 ** Improvement * [MRELEASE-591] - release:update-versions: add option to do a checkin * [MRELEASE-605] - when not pushing changes to remote git repo in 2.1, the release plugin fails on release:perform * [MRELEASE-628] - Subversion --trust-server-cert option * [MRELEASE-641] - upgrade to scm 1.5 (hg plugin insists on 'pushing') ** New Feature * [MRELEASE-159] - Support a pattern to generate the release tag * [MRELEASE-457] - Non sparse-checkout SCM support * [MRELEASE-613] - Add a parameter that tells the plugin to wait for X seconds before tagging * [MRELEASE-621] - Add a postPrepareGoals * [MRELEASE-648] - Putting SVN password in settings.xml doesn't support password encryption Enjoy, -The Maven team --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe(a)maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help(a)maven.apache.org