[ANN] Maven Javadoc Plugin 3.8.0 released

[Michael Osipov <mi...@apache.org>]

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Maven 
Javadoc Plugin, version 3.8.0.

This module generates browsable HTML pages from Java source code.

https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin/

You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:

<plugin>
   <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
   <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
   <version>3.8.0</version>
</plugin>


Release Notes - Maven Javadoc Plugin - Version 3.8.0

** Bug
     * [MJAVADOC-603] - javadoc:fix failure on JDK10: 
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: java.sql.Connection
     * [MJAVADOC-751] - No warnings for localized output
     * [MJAVADOC-775] - Option 'taglets/taglet/tagletpath' ignored when 
pointing to a JAR
     * [MJAVADOC-783] - Invalid path when using TagletArtifact and 
TagletPath
     * [MJAVADOC-791] - maven-javadoc-plugin not working correctly 
together with maven-toolchains-plugin

** Improvement
     * [MJAVADOC-796] - Do not follow links for Java 12+
     * [MJAVADOC-798] - Consider passing user settings when using invoker
     * [MJAVADOC-802] - Set default value of defaultAuthor parameter in 
fix goals to ${user.name}
     * [MJAVADOC-803] - Add default parameter to force root locale

** Test
     * [MJAVADOC-804] - Temporary files are left after test execution

** Task
     * [MJAVADOC-799] - Remove inconsistent 
`AbstractFixJavadocMojo#defaultVersion` default value

** Dependency upgrade
     * [MJAVADOC-800] - Update org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-io to 3.5.0
     * [MJAVADOC-801] - Upgrade to Clirr Maven Plugin 2.8 in fix goals


Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team

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