The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Plugin Tools, version 3.6.1
The Maven Plugin Tools contains the necessary tools to generate rebarbative content like descriptor, help and documentation. In addition, it provides tools to write Maven Plugins in scripting languages like Ant or Beanshell. https://maven.apache.org/plugins-tools/index.html You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.6.1</version> </plugin> You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page: https://maven.apache.org/plugin-tools/download.html Release Notes - Maven Plugin Tools - Version 3.6.1 ** Bug * [MPLUGIN-346] - plugin:descriptor sometimes fails with java.util.NoSuchElementException * [MPLUGIN-348] - Why does maven-plugin-plugin always warn if goalPrefix is set? * [MPLUGIN-358] - Cannot build plugin embedding java 13 compiled code * [MPLUGIN-360] - generated plugin-help.xml ignores descriptor mojo outputDirectory * [MPLUGIN-363] - HelpMojo result relies on 'clean' * [MPLUGIN-369] - Descriptor generation fails if a Mojo uses Java Records ("UnsupportedOperationException: Record requires ASM8") ** Improvement * [MPLUGIN-353] - Use Java 7 APIs and language features * [MPLUGIN-357] - Custom search broken on pages rendered using Fluido Skin 1.7 * [MPLUGIN-361] - make build Reproducible * [MPLUGIN-365] - Don't log a warning when packaging type unsupported -> info is enough ** Task * [MPLUGIN-367] - Improve documentation of @Execute(lifecycle=...) * [MPLUGIN-368] - Improve documentation of @Execute(goal=...) ** Dependency upgrade * [MPLUGIN-355] - Upgrade JUnit to 4.12 * [MPLUGIN-359] - upgrade Doxia Sitetools to 1.9.2 to remove dependency on Struts Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team