The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven JAR Plugin Version 3.0.0. https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-jar-plugin/ Important Note: * Maven 3.X only * JDK 6 minimum requirement You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.0.0</version> </plugin> You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page: https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-jar-plugin/download.cgi Release Notes Maven JAR Plugin 3.0.0 https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12317526&version=12334171 Bugs: * [MJAR-177] - Empty string should be treated as default classifier * [MJAR-198] - jar:jar without classifier replaces default jar * [MJAR-204] - Adding plexus-utils version 3.0.22 * [MJAR-205] - Compatibility with JDK9 requires an update of plexus-archiver * [MJAR-216] - Documentation for skip param in test-jar goal is wrong Documentation: * [MJAR-197] - Typo in site navigation Improvements: * [MJAR-183] - Add LifecycleMapping and ArtifactHandler from maven-core to target packaging plugin * [MJAR-194] - Upgrade plexus-archiver to 2.10 * [MJAR-199] - Option "classifier" to goal test-jar * [MJAR-201] - Upgrade Maven 3.X Only JDK 1.6 * [MJAR-202] - Bump version to 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT * [MJAR-203] - Change package to org.apache.maven.plugins to prevent conflict with Maven Core * [MJAR-207] - Upgrade plexus-archiver from 3.0.3 to 3.1 * [MJAR-208] - Make naming of properties consistent * [MJAR-209] - Remove param properties that doesn't make sense for CLI usage * [MJAR-210] - Remove useDefaultManifestFile parameter * [MJAR-214] - Replace @pom.version@ with @project.version@ in Integration Tests * [MJAR-215] - Upgrade plexus-archiver from 3.1 to 3.1.1 in synch with maven-archiver 3.0.1 * [MJAR-217] - Make finalName readonly parameter Tasks: * [MJAR-213] - Upgrade to maven-archiver 3.0.1 * [MJAR-218] - Upgrade to maven-archiver 3.0.2 to fix regression Reporters of this Release: * Sanne Grinovero [MJAR-205] * Leo Breuss [MJAR-199] * Elias Elmqvist Wulcan [MJAR-198] * Andreas Kohn [MJAR-197] * Stefan Fussenegger [MJAR-177] Tester of this Release: * Stian Soiland-Reyes Many thanks to all reporters/contributors/testers of this release. Enjos, -The Apache Maven team