I'd like to release the alpha 1 version of this shared component. The analyzer scans through your class files and produces a list of dependencies declared but not used, dependencies used but not declared, and dependencies actually used. Maven-dependency-plugin 2.0-alpha-3 will provide a mojo to expose the analyzer.
I've tested this component on my large builds without any issues and it provides very useful insight into your projects. The staging repo is here: http://people.apache.org/~brianf/staging-repository/ Since this is the initial release, there aren't any release notes in jira. +1
