Hi, This is a bugfix release.
We solved a few issues: Bug [SUREFIRE-659] - Maven PDF plugin:showSuccess=false creates empty table causing error [SUREFIRE-825] - NPE in JUnit4TestChecker if org.junit.runner.RunWith class can't be loaded by testClassloader [SUREFIRE-827] - Surefire 2.12 cannot run a single test, regression from 2.11 [SUREFIRE-828] - testng test need a excludedGroups element to not fail [SUREFIRE-832] - JUnit categories only work when junit47 provider is explicitly set [SUREFIRE-836] - regression with surefire 2.12 plugin and SecurityManager [SUREFIRE-844] - "test" parameter no longer working with JUnit in 2.12 (worked in 2.9 - 2.11) [SUREFIRE-847] - surefire cannot run single testng test [SUREFIRE-858] - Running a single unit test in Windows [SUREFIRE-865] - surefire 2.12 with parallel=methods does not execute junit 4.7+ tests in parallel [SUREFIRE-869] - Parallel test execution on class level runs not all tests but some twice [SUREFIRE-871] - Output of forked tests with non-zero exit code not retained [SUREFIRE-877] - Surefire doesn't support "mixed" TestNG 6.5.x config parameter [SUREFIRE-879] - maven-surefire-report-plugin fails some times with ConcurrentModificationException when running parallel TestNG [SUREFIRE-880] - ObjectFactory no longer works with TestNG 6.5.2 [SUREFIRE-883] - Cannot run tests in parallel Improvement [SUREFIRE-745] - -Dtest supports multiple test classes but not multiple test methods [SUREFIRE-876] - surefire-junit47 does not work in an OSGi classloader environment [SUREFIRE-881] - use plugins annotations [SUREFIRE-889] - JUnit | supprot inheritance of test's categories/groups We unresolved 1 issue; which had to be reverted because it was the root cause of several of the above issues: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SUREFIRE-800 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-096/ Staging site: (Sync pending) http://maven.apache.org/surefire/staging/ (Links to sub-sites work when transfered to production) http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-failsafe-plugin-2.12.1/ http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-surefire-plugin-2.12.1/ http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-surefire-reports-plugin-2.12.1/ 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org