[ANN] Maven Release Plugin 2.0 Beta 4

[Brett Porter <br...@apache.org>]

The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Maven Release 
Plugin, version 2.0 Beta 4.

http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/

You can run mvn -U to get the latest version of the plugin, or specify
the version in your project's plugin configuration:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.0-beta-4</version>
</plugin>

Changes:
http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?version=12367&styleName=Text&projectId=11144&Create=Create

* [MRELEASE-4] - release plugin should ignore pom.xml from status check
* [MRELEASE-9] - default version for the release, but not the development
* [MRELEASE-20] - remove release.properties after successful release:perform
* [MRELEASE-24] - release.properties should be removed between (failed) 
release runs
* [MRELEASE-25] - "next dev" version of pom gets release info
* [MRELEASE-27] - Insufficient information when SCM URL is wrong
* [MRELEASE-30] - release:prepare changes incorrectly tag pom scm if 
tagbase not standard
* [MRELEASE-31] - Dependency management versions should only be updated 
if they are SNAPSHOTs
* [MRELEASE-37] - Module dependancies with inherited versions are 
updated to have versions
* [MRELEASE-43] - Release plug-in did not add the tag to the end of tagBase
* [MRELEASE-44] - release:perform doesn't work at all without 
release.properties
* [MRELEASE-45] - release plugin removes xml comments and attributes
* [MRELEASE-48] - release:prepare fails when release.properties already 
exists
* [MRELEASE-57] - ../tags doesn't work
* [MRELEASE-59] - Ability to pass user defined arguments into 
release:perform
* [MRELEASE-60] - release plugin must rewrite scm connection + tag in 
tagged pom for providers other than SVN
* [MRELEASE-63] - Error when trying release:prepare a second time
* [MRELEASE-64] - <prerequisites> are stripped on release:prepare
* [MRELEASE-66] - Source and Javadoc bundles should be optional
* [MRELEASE-70] - ${version} in dependencyManagement is replaced after 
release:prepare
* [MRELEASE-71] - build.pluginMangement.plugin is growing after each 
release:prepare
* [MRELEASE-75] - Release perform injects parent pom into child and 
checks in for next development iteration
* [MRELEASE-80] - release:prepare incorrectly Runtime.exec's m2 instead 
of mvn
* [MRELEASE-86] - release:prepare fails on checkin while using Clearcase
* [MRELEASE-90] - Exception if version is SNAPSHOT
* [MRELEASE-91] - Updating of dependencyManagement inconsistent with 
updating of dependencies with regard to SNAPSHOTs
* [MRELEASE-93] - release:prepare loses POM prerequisite element
* [MRELEASE-95] - Exception if version has no minor number
* [MRELEASE-98] - re-architect as fully-tested components
* [MRELEASE-101] - tests contains jdk1.5 method (impossible to build it 
without skipping test or using need jdk upgrade)
* [MRELEASE-105] - Top Matter Lost in POM
* [MRELEASE-77] - Adding a test only mode, where nothing is checked in 
into SCM



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