[ANN] Maven Javadoc Plugin version 2.4

[Brian Fox <br...@apache.org>]

The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Maven Javadoc
Plugin, version 2.4.

NOTE: This release has many fixes, but most notably is MJAVADOC-137, which
reverses the aggregation introduced in 2.3. This can and has caused many
issues during releases because the javadoc is included automatically by the
release profile. *We recommend that everyone update to the 2.4 version asap.
*

This plugin provides the capability to generate Javadocs.

For instructions on how to use the plugin, refer to its web site at:
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin/



Release Notes - Maven 2.x Javadoc Plugin - Version 2.4


** Bug
   * [MJAVADOC-108] - proxy support for plugin not complete enough
   * [MJAVADOC-135] - Error parsing javadoc version when used with IBM jdk
1.4.2
   * [MJAVADOC-136] - UmlGraph 4.8 - could not find map file
   * [MJAVADOC-137] - javadoc:javadoc always runs as "aggregator"
   * [MJAVADOC-139] - NPE out of AbstractJavadocMojo::getSourcePaths() on
multimodule project using aggregate
   * [MJAVADOC-141] - regression: Adding "jar" execution to the parent of a
multi-module javadoc plugin causes "recursive invocations" error
   * [MJAVADOC-143] - java.util.NoSuchElementException when using maven
2.0.6 and 2.0.7, but works in 2.0.4
   * [MJAVADOC-145] - If Javadoc is set to aggregate, the build fails inside
a Maven plugin module
   * [MJAVADOC-147] - -quiet argument is a standard doclet in j2sdk 1.4, not
a javadoc option
   * [MJAVADOC-149] - Newline in ${project.organization.name} makes javadoc
fail
   * [MJAVADOC-151] - No support for 'noProxyHosts' specified in
settings.xml
   * [MJAVADOC-152] - Javadoc plugin fails when -J-fullversion returns
localized version string
   * [MJAVADOC-155] - maxmemory and minmemory support only m unit
   * [MJAVADOC-156] - UnsupportedOperationException in multi module project
   * [MJAVADOC-161] - performRelease=true breaks install/deploy with
multimodule projects
   * [MJAVADOC-164] - Javadoc 1.4 fails due to missing directory in
linkoffline option
   * [MJAVADOC-172] - classpath is wrong using aggregate mode
   * [MJAVADOC-173] - JavadocUtil#copyJavadocResources( File
outputDirectory, File javadocDir ) should exclude default pattern
   * [MJAVADOC-176] - javadoc uses the undcoumented and platform unspecific
-J-fullversion to determine version instead of the more standardized
-J-version

** Improvement
   * [MJAVADOC-153] - Generate the OfflineLink class with Modello
   * [MJAVADOC-158] - Command line dump reveals proxy user/password in case
of errors
   * [MJAVADOC-159] - nooverview not implemented
   * [MJAVADOC-160] - Validate javadoc options and standard doclet options
   * [MJAVADOC-165] - Provide specific default value for "encoding"
parameter
   * [MJAVADOC-169] - Add support for i18n

** New Feature
   * [MJAVADOC-148] - Support of -top option in standard doclet JDK 6.0

** Task
   * [MJAVADOC-154] - Bump to plexus-utils:1.4.6
   * [MJAVADOC-174] - Fix hyperlink to reference doc for mojo parameter
"use"

Enjoy,

-The Maven team