The plugin page "Upgrading at runtime" mentions 5.8 is the default but that upgrading to the latest should be possible. Does this take into account the 6.x releases?
Either way may be prudent to add a declaration to this page to avoid others wondering the same question. Thanks, James On 5 February 2015 at 20:46, Dennis Lundberg <denn...@apache.org> wrote: > The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven > Checkstyle Plugin, version 2.14 > > Generates a report on violations of code style and optionally fails the > build if violations are detected. > > http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-checkstyle-plugin/ > > You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: > > <plugin> > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> > <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId> > <version>2.14</version> > </plugin> > > > Release Notes - Apache Maven Checkstyle Plugin - Version 2.14 > > Bug > * [MCHECKSTYLE-255] First checkstyle error is not printed in the console > ouput > * [MCHECKSTYLE-254] Update plexus-interpolation to avoid thread safety > issues > * [MCHECKSTYLE-249] ITs failing when building on Windows from distribution > prepared on Unix > > Improvement > * [MCHECKSTYLE-283] Move maven_checks.xml and maven-header.txt away from > the plugin > * [MCHECKSTYLE-282] add info on ruleset used in report intro > * [MCHECKSTYLE-263] Removed dependency > plexus-container-default:1.0-alpha-9-stable-1 > * [MCHECKSTYLE-262] Upgrade to maven-plugins parent version 27 > * [MCHECKSTYLE-257] display content/documentation of Checkstyle > configurations predefined by maven-checkstyle-plugin in plugin's > documentation site > * [MCHECKSTYLE-256] add Java package information to output, instead of > class name only > * [MCHECKSTYLE-251] Upgrade to Checkstyle 5.8 > > Task > * [MCHECKSTYLE-281] fail if deprecated parameters are used and display > update instructions > * [MCHECKSTYLE-280] add documentation on upgrading Checkstyle at runtime > * [MCHECKSTYLE-276] remove RedundantThrows rule from default configs > * [MCHECKSTYLE-274] remove Avalon configuration since the Avalon project > is retired > > > Enjoy, > > -The Maven team > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > >
