We are pleased to announce the Maven WAR Plugin 1.6 release! http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/plugins/war/ War Plugin for Maven =============================================================================== Changes in this version include: Fixed bugs: o preserve last modified time of source files in the exploded webapp Fixes MPWAR-25. o Call test:test regardless of whether sources are present as it contains build logic Fixes MPWAR-1. o Remove extra call to java:compile Fixes MPWAR-24. Changes: o Allow automated generation of manifest Class-Path Fixes MPWAR-21. o Allow customizing of MANIFEST.MF Fixes MPWAR-22. =============================================================================== 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-war-plugin -Dversion=1.6 For a manual installation, you can download the plugin here: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/java-repository/maven/plugins/maven-war-plugin-1.6.jar =============================================================================== Issues, bugs, and feature requests for Maven WAR Plugin should be submitted to the following issue tracking system: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MPWAR Have fun! -The Maven WAR Plugin development team