[ANN] Apache Maven Release Plugin 2.5.2 Released

[Robert Scholte <rf...@apache.org>]

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache  
Maven Release Plugin, version 2.5.2

This plugin is used to release a project with Maven, saving a lot of  
repetitive, manual work. Releasing a project is made in two steps: prepare  
and perform.

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

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

<plugin>
   <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
   <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
   <version>2.5.2</version>
</plugin>

NOTE: This version contains an important fix for Maven 3.3.1+ users on  
Windows (see MRELEASE-902)

Release Notes - Maven Release Plugin - Version 2.5.2

** Bug
     * [MRELEASE-555] - update versions does not update intermodule  
dependencies
     * [MRELEASE-611] - The update-versions goal fails when project is not  
at a SNAPSHOT version
     * [MRELEASE-834] - release:prepare fails when a system property  
starting with dependency is given
     * [MRELEASE-871] - Release Tag wrongly created when invoked pom.xml  
path contains a '.'
     * [MRELEASE-879] - Custom toolchain configuration is not passed to  
forked Maven executions
     * [MRELEASE-892] - -Darguments doesn't allow -B to be passed to  
underlying maven executions
     * [MRELEASE-902] - release:prepare fails on Windows since Maven-3.3.x

** Improvement
     * [MRELEASE-552] - Add useEditMode option to release:update-versions
     * [MRELEASE-874] - Improve doc about specifying version of plugin  
could sometimes be required on command-line

** New Feature
     * [MRELEASE-901] - Goal stage should take parameter localCheckout as  
well.

** Task
     * [MRELEASE-903] - Update maven-shared-invoker to 2.2
     * [MRELEASE-906] - Upgrade to SCM 1.9.4


Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team