The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the
Apache Maven EAR Plugin, version 3.3.0

This plugin generates Java EE Enterprise Archive (EAR) file. It can also
generate the deployment descriptor file (e.g. application.xml).

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

NOTE:

  • Requires JDK8 as minimum
  • Requires Maven 3.2.5+ as minimum.
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2  org.apache.maven.plugins
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You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page.

Release Notes - Maven EAR Plugin - Version 3.3.0

  • Bugs:

    • MEAR-297 - failure when building javadoc: maven-plugin-tools-javadoc:jar:3.6.0 is missing
    • MEAR-301 - wrong repackaging when defaultLibBundleDir start with dot

  • New Features:

  • Improvements:

    • MEAR-298 - Improving EAR packaging performance with ZipFileSystem
    • MEAR-319 - Remove generated MANIFEST from outdated resources
    • MEAR-321 - Remove not implemented parameter - useBaseVersion

  • Tasks:

  • Dependency upgrades:

    • MEAR-310 - Upgrade Parent to 37
    • MEAR-312 - Upgrade Maven Verifier to 2.0.0-M1
    • MEAR-313 - Bump maven-filtering from 3.2.0 to 3.3.0
    • MEAR-314 - Bump plexus-archiver from 4.2.4 to 4.5.0
    • MEAR-315 - Bump maven-archiver from 3.5.1 to 3.6.0
    • MEAR-316 - Bump plexus-io from 3.2.0 to 3.4.0
    • MEAR-317 - Bump maven-shared-utils from 3.3.3 to 3.3.4
    • MEAR-320 - Bump plexus-utils from 3.3.0 to 3.4.2

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team