The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Maven Archetype Plugin, version 2.0-alpha-4
The Archetype Plugin allows the user to create a Maven 2 project from an existing template called an archetype. http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin/ You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-archetype-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.0-alpha-4</version> </plugin> Release Notes - Maven 2.x Archetype Plugin - Version 2.0-alpha-4 Release Notes - Maven Archetype - Version 2.0-alpha-4 ** Bug * [ARCHETYPE-161] - RemoteCatalogArchetypeDataSource don't allow to download arbitrary urls * [ARCHETYPE-165] - Update velocity dependency in archetype-common pom * [ARCHETYPE-169] - Archetype:generate Offline mode does not work. * [ARCHETYPE-170] - Generator does not handle dot files in module root directories * [ARCHETYPE-171] - maven-archetype-quickstart:1.0 is not configured * [ARCHETYPE-172] - calling mvn archetype:generate -DinteractiveMode=false still prompts user "Y:" * [ARCHETYPE-174] - The archetype is not configured error does not provide error details * [ARCHETYPE-178] - omitting the package in the prompts leaves an unhelpful error message * [ARCHETYPE-179] - repo1 is hardcoded into internal catalog * [ARCHETYPE-183] - Problem with #{ in filtered files * [ARCHETYPE-186] - local archetype catalog not correctly updated * [ARCHETYPE-188] - achetype:create-from-project goal does not generate new groupId and artifactId for new archetype * [ARCHETYPE-198] - Please Add The GMaven archetype to the internal catalog of the archetype plugin. * [ARCHETYPE-199] - Archetype plugin depends on missing SNAPSHOTs of Struts 2 Archetypes ** Improvement * [ARCHETYPE-57] - Support empty directory creation * [ARCHETYPE-138] - When create-from-project if existing variable is found escape the variable * [ARCHETYPE-151] - Add Myfaces Archetypes to archetype-catalog.xml * [ARCHETYPE-190] - Include local and internal catalogs in archetype:generate by default ** New Feature * [ARCHETYPE-191] - Ability to filter filenames (rename files) during project generation Please allow a couple of hours before use as the repository and the site are not yet in sync. Enjoy, -The Maven team --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]