Hi, We solved 22 issues: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10541&version=17856
This version supports JUnit 4.8 @Category annotation, using the "groups" parameter on the plugin (using the 4.7 provider). The other new feature in this release are runOrder="failedfirst" and runOrder="balanced", this last parameter tries to optimize the overall run-time for parallel test runs. Users migrating from "classic" JUnit4 to the 4.7 provider to use categories may want to take note of http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SUREFIRE-798 Changes to the proposed Surefire API are documented in the API section of the site, which also has a lovely new skin, thanks to Simon! This version is marked as the last java 1.4 compatible version in JIRA, the next version will be java 1.5 for the plugin. Surefire can still *fork* all the way down to jdk 1.3 for JUnit 3.8.1. There are still lots of issues left in JIRA: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&mode=hide&jqlQuery=project+%3D+ SUREFIRE+AND+resolution+%3D+Unresolved+ORDER+BY+updated+DESC Staging repo: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/maven-272/ Staging site (sync pending): http://maven.apache.org/surefire-2.11/ http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-failsafe-plugin-2.11/ http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-surefire-plugin-2.11/ http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-surefire-reports-plugin-2.11/ Guide to testing staged releases: http://maven.apache.org/guides/development/guide-testing-releases.html Vote open for 72 hours. [ ] +1 [ ] +0 [ ] -1 And here's my +1 Kristian
