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title: Apache Maven Clean Plugin Version 3.1.0 Released
id: 168b1d7f-ca4c-47af-8fd0-927943a091ce
date: '2018-04-14 13:43:18 -0400'
categories: maven
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- maven-plugin
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<p>The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the<br />
<a href="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-clean-plugin/">Apache Maven Clean Plugin, version 3.1.0</a>.</p>
<p>The Clean Plugin is used when you want to remove files generated at build-time<br />
in a project&rsquo;s directory.</p>
<p>Important Note:</p>
<ul>
<li>Maven 3.X only</li>
<li>JDK 7 minimum requirement</li>
</ul>
<p>You should specify the version in your project&rsquo;s plugin configuration:</p>
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</span><span class='line'>  <span class="nt"><groupId></span>org.apache.maven.plugins<span class="nt"></groupId></span>
</span><span class='line'>  <span class="nt"><artifactId></span>maven-clean-plugin<span class="nt"></artifactId></span>
</span><span class='line'>  <span class="nt"><version></span>3.1.0<span class="nt"></version></span>
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<p><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12317224&amp;version=12337984">Release Notes &ndash; Maven Clean Plugin &ndash; Version 3.1.0</a></p>
<p>Bug:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCLEAN-77">MCLEAN-77</a> &ndash; Remove link to non-existing Codehaus wiki</li>
</ul>
<p>Tasks:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCLEAN-73">MCLEAN-73</a> &ndash; Upgrade of maven-shared-utils to 3.0.1.</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCLEAN-74">MCLEAN-74</a> &ndash; Upgrade of commons-io to 2.5.</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCLEAN-83">MCLEAN-83</a> &ndash; Upgrade mave-surefire/failsafe-plugin 2.21.0</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCLEAN-84">MCLEAN-84</a> &ndash; Lift JDK minimum to JDK 7</li>
</ul>
<p>Dependency upgrades:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCLEAN-75">MCLEAN-75</a> &ndash; Upgrade maven-plugins to version 30</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCLEAN-80">MCLEAN-80</a> &ndash; Upgrade maven-shared-utils to 3.2.0</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCLEAN-81">MCLEAN-81</a> &ndash; Upgrade parent to 31</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCLEAN-85">MCLEAN-85</a> &ndash; Upgrade maven-shared-utils to 3.2.1</li>
</ul>
<p>Enjoy,</p>
<p>-The Apache Maven team</p>
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