We are pleased to announce the Maven Distribution Plugin 1.7.1 release! 

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


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Changes in this version include:

  Fixed bugs:

o Apply lf filter before crlf in zip distributions. Fixes MPDIST-32. 
o Fix combined javadoc classpath in dist:multiproject-bin. Fixes MPDIST-20. 
  Thanks to Phil Steitz. 
o dist:multiproject-bin fails if one of the projects does not have any java 
  sources. 
o Source distribution archive has incorrect directory structure. Fixes 
  MPDIST-29. 

  Changes:

o Upgrade maven-model to version 3.0.2. Fixes MAVEN-1755. 
o New maven.dist.src.includes and maven.dist.bin.includes properties. Removed 
  the maven.dist.src.include property. Fixes MPDIST-20. Thanks to Phil 
  Steitz.  

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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-dist-plugin
  -Dversion=1.7.1

For a manual installation, you can download the plugin here:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/java-repository/maven/plugins/maven-dist-plugin-1.7.1.jar


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

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


Have fun!
-The Maven Distribution Plugin development team