The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Eclipse Plugin, version 2.10
This plugin is used to generate Eclipse IDE files (*.classpath, *.project, *.wtpmodules and the .settings folder) for use with a project - if the M2E Eclipse-Plugin does not fit you. This release is the last one supporting Maven 2. http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/ You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.10</version> </plugin> Release Notes - Maven Eclipse Plugin - Version 2.10 ** Bug * [MECLIPSE-731] - eclipse:clean not deleting ./settings folder that it creates * [MECLIPSE-738] - NullPointerException in LinkedResource if <locationURI> is present in .project ** Improvement * [MECLIPSE-697] - Delete deprecated code * [MECLIPSE-721] - Improve documentation to explain why Eclipse sometimes does not import projects with correct project names. * [MECLIPSE-754] - UPdate plexus-archiver to 2.9,plexus-utils to 3.0.18 and maven-archiver to 2.5 * [MECLIPSE-756] - Fix RAT Report * [MECLIPSE-757] - Add proper classpath entry names for Java 7 / 8 * [MECLIPSE-758] - Use mojo annotations ** New Feature * [MECLIPSE-759] - Add goal to resolve dependencies in .classpath files of a workspace Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team
