[ANN] Apache Maven PMD Plugin 3.14.0 Released

[Andreas Dangel <ad...@apache.org>]

The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven 
PMD Plugin, version 3.14.0

A Maven plugin for the PMD toolkit, that produces a report on both code 
rule violations and detected copy and paste
fragments, as well as being able to fail the build based on these metrics.

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

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

<plugin>
   <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
   <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
   <version>3.14.0</version>
</plugin>


Release Notes - Maven PMD Plugin - Version 3.14.0

Bug
* [MPMD-297] - Classloader not being closed after PMD run
* [MPMD-300] - Unable to format output with custom renderer 
(CodeClimateRenderer)
* [MPMD-305] - CPD goal does not support txt as a format parameter
* [MPMD-307] - NPE when using custom rule

Improvement
* [MPMD-290] - Add CPD example for C#
* [MPMD-301] - make build Reproducible
* [MPMD-304] - maven-pmd-plugin should be toolchains-aware

Dependency upgrade
* [MPMD-298] - Upgrade Doxia Sitetools to 1.9.2 to remove dependency on 
Struts
* [MPMD-302] - Upgrade to PMD 6.29.0


Enjoy,

-The Maven team