The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Maven Changes Plugin, version 2.9.
The changes plugin Creates a release history for inclusion into the site and assists in generating an announcement mail. http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-changes-plugin/ You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-changes-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.9</version> </plugin> Release Notes - Maven 2.x Changes Plugin - Version 2.9 Release Notes - Maven 2.x Changes Plugin - Version 2.9 ** Bug * [MCHANGES-276] - TracDownloader does not set issue key to ticket id * [MCHANGES-293] - XML Parser error backtraces from, presumably, malformed JIRA responses * [MCHANGES-299] - ClassNotFoundException when running jira-report using Maven 2.2.1 * [MCHANGES-301] - Impossible to use ParameterBasedQuery in combination with JIRA authentication * [MCHANGES-302] - The REST API is always used when JIRA authentication is configured ** Improvement * [MCHANGES-46] - There is no link to the RSS feed of changes in the changes report * [MCHANGES-278] - Improved logging and exception messages to aid troubleshooting * [MCHANGES-289] - Please add support for HTTP digest authentication to the 'trac-report' plugin. * [MCHANGES-290] - Provide GitHub support for generate announcement report * [MCHANGES-295] - Remove need for numeric component ID's etc when using REST with JIRA ** New Feature * [MCHANGES-300] - Make it possible to run the changes-check and changes-validate goals only once for a multi-module project Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team