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title: Apache Maven Indexer Version 6.2.0 Released
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date: '2022-05-05 19:37:04 -0400'
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- indexer
- maven
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<p>The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the<br />
<a href="https://maven.apache.org/maven-indexer/">Apache Maven Indexer, version 6.2.0</a>.</p>
<p>Apache Maven Indexer (former Sonatype Nexus Indexer) is the de facto standard for producing indexes<br />
of Maven repositories. The Indexes are produced and consumed by all major tools in the ecosystem.</p>
<p>Most notable changes:</p>
<ul>
<li>IndexReader provides OOTB resource handlers</li>
<li>Search API w/ 2 backends</li>
<li>Bugs squashed</li>
</ul>
<p>IMPORTANT: Next release planned will use the Lucene version to 9.x, and<br />
that will imply Java 11. Hence, this is the LAST planned Java 8 release of<br />
Maven Indexer.</p>
<p>You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page:</p>
<p><a href="https://maven.apache.org/maven-indexer/download.cgi">https://maven.apache.org/maven-indexer/download.cgi</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12317523&version=12351653">Release Notes &ndash; Maven Indexer &ndash; Version 6.2.0</a></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>Bugs:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MINDEXER-121">MINDEXER-121</a> &ndash; ChunkReaderIterator leaks InputStreams</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MINDEXER-144">MINDEXER-144</a> &ndash; IndexOutOfBoundsException during indexing</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MINDEXER-146">MINDEXER-146</a> &ndash; Fix issues reported by Lucene 9</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p>New Feature</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MINDEXER-124">MINDEXER-124</a> &ndash; IndexReader modules should provide resource handler implementations</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MINDEXER-143">MINDEXER-143</a> &ndash; Introduce Search API and provide backends</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p>Tasks:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MINDEXER-145">MINDEXER-145</a> &ndash; Update parent POM and dependencies</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MINDEXER-147">MINDEXER-147</a> &ndash; Move rootGroups and allGroups fields out of index</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MINDEXER-149">MINDEXER-149</a> &ndash; Deprecate Maven1 support</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Enjoy,</p>
<p>-The Apache Maven team</p>
</div>