The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Jar Plugin, version 3.0.2.

This plugin provides the capability to build jars.

Important Note:

• Maven 3.X only
• JDK 6 minimum requirement

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<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>3.0.2</version>
</plugin>

Release Notes – Maven JAR Plugin – Version 3.0.2

Bugs:

• MJAR-223 – classpathLayoutType is not taken into account when building the classpath attribute in the manifest
• MJAR-228 – Plugin generates wrong Class-Path in MANIFEST
• MJAR-229 – Upgrade maven-archiver to 3.1.1

Task:

• MJAR-230 – Upgrade of plexus-archiver to 3.4.

Enjoy,

• The Apache Maven team