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title: Apache Maven Plugin Tools Version 3.6.0 Released
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date: '2018-11-01 13:10:00 -0400'
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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="https://maven.apache.org/plugin-tools/">Apache Maven Plugin Tools, version 3.6.0</a>.</p>
<p>The Maven Plugin Tools contains the necessary tools to generate<br/><br />
rebarbative content like descriptor, help and documentation. In addition,<br/><br />
it provides tools to write Maven Plugins in scripting languages like Ant<br/><br />
or Beanshell.</p>
<p>The Maven Plugin Plugin is used to create a Maven plugin descriptor for<br/><br />
any Mojo&rsquo;s found in the source tree, to include in the JAR. It is also<br/><br />
used to generate report files for the Mojos as well as for updating the<br/><br />
plugin registry, the artifact metadata and generating a generic help goal.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://maven.apache.org/plugin-tools/">https://maven.apache.org/plugin-tools/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://maven.apache.org/plugin-tools/maven-plugin-plugin/">https://maven.apache.org/plugin-tools/maven-plugin-plugin/</a></li>
</ul>
<p>You should specify the version in your project&rsquo;s plugin configuration:</p>
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<pre><code class='xml'><span class='line'><span class="nt"><plugin></span>
</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-plugin-plugin<span class="nt"></artifactId></span>
</span><span class='line'>  <span class="nt"><version></span>3.6.0<span class="nt"></version></span>
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<p>You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the <a href="https://maven.apache.org/plugins-tools/download.cgi">download page</a>.</p>
<p><!-- more --></p>
<p><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?version=12343309&amp;styleName=Text&amp;projectId=12317820">Release Notes &ndash; Maven Plugin Tools &ndash; Version 3.6.0</a></p>
<p>Bugs:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPLUGIN-336">MPLUGIN-336</a> &ndash; broken in JDK 10/JDK 11 &ndash; IllegalArgumentException</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPLUGIN-337">MPLUGIN-337</a> &ndash; Try to derive JDK requirements also from release parameter</li>
</ul>
<p>Tasks:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPLUGIN-332">MPLUGIN-332</a> &ndash; remove plugin:updateRegistry goal, which is unused in Maven 3</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPLUGIN-344">MPLUGIN-344</a> &ndash; Upgrade plexus-archiver 3.6.0</li>
</ul>
<p>Dependency upgrade:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPLUGIN-342">MPLUGIN-342</a> &ndash; Upgrade maven-parent to 33</li>
</ul>
<p>Enjoy,</p>
<p>-The Apache Maven team</p>
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