[ANN] Maven Clean Plugin 2.1 for Maven 2.x Released

[John Casey <jd...@apache.org>]

We are pleased to announce the 2.1 release of the maven-clean-plugin for
Maven 2.x.

This release includes:

* Support for following symbolic links (or NOT following them)

     To follow symbolic links when running the clean mojo, use:

     <configuration>
       <followSymLinks>true</followSymLinks>
     </configuration>

* Support for additional file-sets marked for cleaning

     To add another file-set marked for cleaning, use:

     <configuration>
       <filesets>
         <fileset>
           <directory>bin</directory>
           <includes>
             <include>**/*.class</include>
           </includes>
           <excludes>
             <exclude>**/SomethingSpecial*.class</exclude>
           </excludes>
         </fileset>
       </filesets>
     </configuration>

Enjoy!

--The Apache Maven development team