

Dependency Plugin, version 2.8



The dependency plugin provides the capability to manipulate artifacts. It can

copy and/or unpack artifacts from local or remote repositories to a specified

location.



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



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



<plugin>

<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>

<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>

<version>2.8</version>

</plugin>



Release Notes - Maven 2.x Dependency Plugin - Version 2.8



** Bug

* [MDEP-312] - copyPom with useRepositoryLayout copies pom to wrong

location

* [MDEP-374] - dependency:tree -Dverbose isn't verbose anymore

* [MDEP-379] - useSubDirectoryPerArtifact creates folder with wrong format

* [MDEP-395] - get doesn't copy transitive dependencies to output

directory

* [MDEP-407] - add support for Maven 3.1-A1/Eclipse Aether 0.9-M2 to

dependency:tree

* [MDEP-411] - copy-dependencies with useRepositoryLayout and copyPoms

copies the poms twice

* [MDEP-416] - dependency:copy-dependencies addParentPoms causes NPE with

Maven 2



** Improvement

* [MDEP-128] - Support ability to specify multiple "includeScope"

parameters

* [MDEP-414] - Add option to sort output of dependency:resolve/list

* [MDEP-415] - Add option to include parent poms in dependency:resolve

output



** New Feature

* [MDEP-412] - add an option to copy dependencies with their parent poms +

parent poms of current project



** Wish

* [MDEP-321] - Remove final declaration from class UnpackMojo



Enjoy,



-The Apache Maven team

The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the MavenDependency Plugin, version 2.8The dependency plugin provides the capability to manipulate artifacts. It cancopy and/or unpack artifacts from local or remote repositories to a specifiedlocation.You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: org.apache.maven.plugins maven-dependency-plugin 2.8 Release Notes - Maven 2.x Dependency Plugin - Version 2.8** Bug* [MDEP-312] - copyPom with useRepositoryLayout copies pom to wronglocation* [MDEP-374] - dependency:tree -Dverbose isn't verbose anymore* [MDEP-379] - useSubDirectoryPerArtifact creates folder with wrong format* [MDEP-395] - get doesn't copy transitive dependencies to outputdirectory* [MDEP-407] - add support for Maven 3.1-A1/Eclipse Aether 0.9-M2 todependency:tree* [MDEP-411] - copy-dependencies with useRepositoryLayout and copyPomscopies the poms twice* [MDEP-416] - dependency:copy-dependencies addParentPoms causes NPE withMaven 2** Improvement* [MDEP-128] - Support ability to specify multiple "includeScope"parameters* [MDEP-414] - Add option to sort output of dependency:resolve/list* [MDEP-415] - Add option to include parent poms in dependency:resolveoutput** New Feature* [MDEP-412] - add an option to copy dependencies with their parent poms +parent poms of current project** Wish* [MDEP-321] - Remove final declaration from class UnpackMojoEnjoy,-The Apache Maven team