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title: Apache Maven Plugin Tools, Version 3.6.4 Released
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date: '2022-01-18 10:25:25 -0500'
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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 3.6.4</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>3.6.4<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>
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<p><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12317820&amp;version=12351222">Release Notes &ndash; Maven Plugin Tools &ndash; Version 3.6.4</a></p>
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<p>Bugs:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPLUGIN-382">MPLUGIN-382</a> &ndash; Too many dependencies in plugin descriptor</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPLUGIN-383">MPLUGIN-383</a> &ndash; Missing prerequisites in plugin pom</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPLUGIN-384">MPLUGIN-384</a> &ndash; Nexus Staging Plugin &ndash; incompatibility</li>
</ul>
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<p>Task:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPLUGIN-386">MPLUGIN-386</a> &ndash; Filter out maven-archiver and maven-jxr from scope warning</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p>Dependency upgrade:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPLUGIN-387">MPLUGIN-387</a> &ndash; Upgrade dependencies</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Enjoy,</p>
<p>-The Apache Maven team</p>
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