We are pleased to announce the Maven Plugin Plugin 1.3 release! 

http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/plugins/plugin/

Maven Plugin management plugin. 

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Changes in this version include:

  Fixed bugs:

o Create local repository directory first so plugin:download doesn't fail 
  when it doesn't exist Fixes MPPLUGIN-13. 
o Don't uninstall incorrect plugins when running plugin:download Fixes 
  MPPLUGIN-12. 

  Changes:

o Add optional msg attribute to assertFileExists and assertEquals tags  

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To automatically install the plugin, type the following on a single line:

maven plugin:download
  -Dmaven.repo.remote=http://people.apache.org/repo/m1-snapshot-repository/,http://repo1.maven.org/maven
  -DgroupId=maven
  -DartifactId=maven-plugin-plugin
  -Dversion=1.3

For a manual installation, you can download the plugin here:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/java-repository/maven/plugins/maven-plugin-plugin-1.3.jar


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Issues, bugs, and feature requests for Maven Plugin Plugin
should be submitted to the following issue tracking system:

http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MPPLUGIN


Have fun!
-The Maven Plugin Plugin development team