[ANN] Maven 1.1-beta-3 Released

[Arnaud HERITIER <ah...@gmail.com>]

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of Maven 1.1-beta-3!


Download <http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/start/download.html> [1] Maven
1.1-beta-3 and read the Installation
Instructions<http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/start/install.html>[2].

Maven is a project management and project comprehension tool. Maven is based
on the concept of a project object model: builds, documentation creation,
site publication, and distribution publication are all controlled from the
project object model. Maven also provides tools to create source metrics,
change logs based directly on source repository, and source
cross-references.

Compared to Maven 1.1 beta 2, this release focuses on the following
objectives:

   - Upgrade to later releases of dependencies, in particular Jelly,
   Dom4j and Jaxen,
   - Re-introduction of Xerces into the core dependencies (it was removed
   in previous betas),
   - Upgraded versions<http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/plugins/bundledHistory.html>[3]
of almost all the bundled plugins,
   - Documentation updates,
   - Bugfixes.

 For a full list of changes, please see
JIRA<http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10030&styleName=Html&version=11989>[4].

With just a few
exceptions<http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/reference/backwards-compatibility.html>[5],
Maven
1.1-beta-3 is backwards compatible with Maven 1.0. One notable issue is the
fact that you cannot use xml entities in project.xml, see
MAVEN-1755<http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MAVEN-1755>[6].

*Please note :* Maven 2.0.4 <http://maven.apache.org/> [7] is the latest
stable release of Maven and is recommended for all new projects, but is not
compatible with Maven 1.x. The release of Maven 1.1 is to improve the
performance and stability for those using Maven 1.0 for their builds.

We hope you enjoy using Maven! If you have any questions, please consult:

   - the FAQ [8]
   <http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/faq.html>
   - the maven-user
<http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/mail-lists.html>[9] mailing list

 *- The Apache Maven Team*

[1] http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/start/download.html
[2] http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/start/install.html
[3] http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/plugins/bundledHistory.html
[4]
http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10030&styleName=Html&version=11989
[5] http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/reference/backwards-compatibility.html
[6] http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MAVEN-1755
[7] http://maven.apache.org/
[8] http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/faq.html
[9] http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/mail-lists.html