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title: Apache Maven Help Plugin, version 3.3.0 released
id: a72578a8-c729-4d85-a2cf-63c840e5e72d
date: '2022-08-16 20:02:02 -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/plugins/maven-help-plugin/">Apache Maven Help Plugin, version 3.3.0</a></p>
<p>The Maven Help Plugin is used to get relative information about a project or<br />
the system. It can be used to get a description of a particular plugin,<br />
including the plugin's goals with their parameters and component requirements,<br />
the effective POM and effective settings of the current build, and the profiles<br />
applied to the current project being built.</p>
<p>Important Notes since Version 3.3.0</p>
<ul>
<li>JDK 8 minimum requirement</li>
<li>Minimum Maven version 3.2.5</li>
</ul>
<p>You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:</p>
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<pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-xml" data-lang="xml"><span class="line"><span class="ln">1</span><span class="cl"><span class="nt"><plugin></span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="ln">2</span><span class="cl">  <span class="nt"><groupId></span>org.apache.maven.plugins<span class="nt"></groupId></span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="ln">3</span><span class="cl">  <span class="nt"><artifactId></span>maven-help-plugin<span class="nt"></artifactId></span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="ln">4</span><span class="cl">  <span class="nt"><version></span>3.3.0<span class="nt"></version></span>
</span></span><span class="line"><span class="ln">5</span><span class="cl"><span class="nt"></plugin></span>
</span></span></code></pre>
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<p>You can download the appropriate <a href="https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-help-plugin/download.cgi">sources etc. from the download page</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12317522&amp;version=12345417">Release Notes - Maven Help Plugin - Version 3.3.0</a></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>Bugs:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-164">MPH-164</a> - Effective-pom ignores artifact argument</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-171">MPH-171</a> - Plugin repositories are not preserved from project pom</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p>Improvements:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-162">MPH-162</a> - Allow all mojos to be configured to produce repeatable output</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-167">MPH-167</a> - make build Reproducible</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-170">MPH-170</a> - Require Maven 3.1.1 (drop dependency to Maven 3.0)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p>Tasks:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-187">MPH-187</a> - Upgrade to JDK minimum</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-188">MPH-188</a> - Cleanup - Pom</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p>Dependency upgrades:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-174">MPH-174</a> - Upgrade XStream to 1.4.17</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-179">MPH-179</a> - Upgrade XStream to 1.4.18</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-186">MPH-186</a> - maven-parent to 37</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-190">MPH-190</a> - Upgrade Maven Reporting API to 3.1.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Enjoy,</p>
<p>-The Apache Maven team</p>
</p></div>