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| layout: post |
| title: "Apache Maven Help Plugin Version 3.1.1 Released" |
| date: '2018-12-12T19:08:23+00:00' |
| permalink: apache-maven-help-plugin-3-1-1 |
| categories: |
| - Maven-Help-Plugin |
| - Maven-Plugin-Releases |
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| The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the |
| [Apache Maven Help Plugin, version 3.1.1](https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-help-plugin/) |
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| The Maven Help Plugin is used to get relative information about a project or |
| the system. It can be used to get a description of a particular plugin, |
| including the plugin's goals with their parameters and component requirements, |
| the effective POM and effective settings of the current build, and the profiles |
| applied to the current project being built. |
| |
| Important Notes since Version 3.0.0 |
| |
| * Maven 3+ only |
| * JDK 7 minimum requirement |
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| You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: |
| |
| ```xml |
| <plugin> |
| <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> |
| <artifactId>maven-help-plugin</artifactId> |
| <version>3.1.1</version> |
| </plugin> |
| ``` |
| |
| You can download the appropriate [sources etc. from the download page](https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-help-plugin/download.cgi). |
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| [Release Notes - Maven Help Plugin - Version 3.1.1](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12317522&version=12343422) |
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| Improvement: |
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| * [MPH-154](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-154) - The output of the plugin should be flushed when using forceStdout |
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| Dependency upgrades: |
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| * [MPH-153](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-153) - Upgrade maven-plugins parent to version 32 |
| * [MPH-156](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-156) - Upgrade maven-artifact-transfer to 0.10.0 |
| * [MPH-157](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-157) - Upgrade plexus-interactivity-api 1.0-alpha-6 |
| * [MPH-158](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-158) - Upgrade xstream 1.4.11.1 |
| * [MPH-159](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-159) - Upgrade JUnit 4.12 |
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| Enjoy, |
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| -The Apache Maven team |
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