We are pleased to announce the Maven Checkstyle Plugin 2.4 release! http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/plugins/checkstyle/ =============================================================================== Changes in this version include: Changes: o Allow Checkstyle plugin to access checks file from a URL. Fixes MPCHECKSTYLE-7. o Upgraded to Checkstyle 3.4. =============================================================================== To automatically install the plugin, type the following on a single line: maven plugin:download -Dmaven.repo.remote=http://www.ibiblio.org/maven,http://people.apache.org/repo/m1-snapshot-repository/ -DgroupId=maven -DartifactId=maven-checkstyle-plugin -Dversion=2.4 For a manual installation, you can download the plugin here: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/java-repository/maven/plugins/maven-checkstyle-plugin-2.4.jar Have fun! -The Maven Checkstyle Plugin development team