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| layout: post |
| title: "Apache Maven Help Plugin Version 3.3.0 Released" |
| date: '2022-08-16T20:02:02+00:00' |
| permalink: apache-maven-help-plugin-3-3-0 |
| 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 3.3.0](https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-help-plugin/) |
| |
| 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 3.3.0 |
| |
| * JDK 8 minimum requirement |
| * Minimum Maven version 3.2.5 |
| |
| 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>3.3.0</version> |
| </plugin> |
| ``` |
| |
| You can download the appropriate [sources etc. from the download page](https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-help-plugin/download.cgi). |
| |
| |
| [Release Notes - Maven Help Plugin - Version 3.3.0](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12317522&version=12345417) |
| |
| * Bugs: |
| |
| * [MPH-164](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-164) - Effective-pom ignores artifact argument |
| * [MPH-171](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-171) - Plugin repositories are not preserved from project pom |
| |
| * Improvements: |
| |
| * [MPH-162](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-162) - Allow all mojos to be configured to produce repeatable output |
| * [MPH-167](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-167) - make build Reproducible |
| * [MPH-170](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-170) - Require Maven 3.1.1 (drop dependency to Maven 3.0) |
| |
| * Tasks: |
| |
| * [MPH-187](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-187) - Upgrade to JDK minimum |
| * [MPH-188](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-188) - Cleanup - Pom |
| |
| * Dependency upgrades: |
| |
| * [MPH-174](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-174) - Upgrade XStream to 1.4.17 |
| * [MPH-179](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-179) - Upgrade XStream to 1.4.18 |
| * [MPH-186](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-186) - maven-parent to 37 |
| * [MPH-190](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-190) -ยก Upgrade Maven Reporting API to 3.1.1 |
| |
| Enjoy, |
| |
| -The Apache Maven team |
| |