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Lee Thompson commented on MCHANGES-138: --------------------------------------- Even if you have issueManagement defined, %URL% and %ISSUE% won't expand in maven-changes-plugin v2.1 downgrading gets your changes report working again. > Exception thrown when issueManagement section of pom is missing > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MCHANGES-138 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-138 > Project: Maven 2.x Changes Plugin > Issue Type: Bug > Components: jira-report > Affects Versions: 2.1 > Reporter: Mark Derricutt > Priority: Minor > > When the <issueManagement/> section of a pom is missing, the following > exception is thrown. The plugin should explain > {code} > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to extract > JIRA issues from the downloaded file > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:583) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.forkProjectLifecycle(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:931) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.forkLifecycle(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:767) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:529) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeStandaloneGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:512) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:482) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:330) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:291) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:142) > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:336) > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:129) > at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:287) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) > at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315) > at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255) > at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430) > at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375) > Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException: Failed to extract > JIRA issues from the downloaded file > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.announcement.AnnouncementMojo.getJiraReleases(AnnouncementMojo.java:630) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.announcement.AnnouncementMojo.doJiraGenerate(AnnouncementMojo.java:578) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.announcement.AnnouncementMojo.execute(AnnouncementMojo.java:335) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:451) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:558) > ... 19 more > Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.jira.AbstractJiraDownloader.doExecute(AbstractJiraDownloader.java:397) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.announcement.AnnouncementMojo.getJiraReleases(AnnouncementMojo.java:612) > ... 23 more > {code} -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira