We are pleased to announce the Maven EAR Plugin 1.6 release! http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/plugins/ear/ Ear Plugin for Maven =============================================================================== Changes in this version include: New Features: o Add new property dependency ( ear.bundle.name) to define the name a dependency should have the EAR. Fixes MPEAR-26. o Add new property dependency( ear.bundle.dir) to define where a dependency should be added in the EAR. Fixes MPEAR-23. Thanks to Wiley Fuller. o Added property maven.ear.appxml.encoding. Fixes MPEAR-21. Fixed bugs: o Fixed the name of the bundled dependency when maven.jar.overridesis used. Fixes MPEAR-27. o Properties maven.ear.srcand maven.ear.resourcesnow cannot have the same value. Fixes MPEAR-24. o application.xmlis now generated at maven.build.dir Fixes MPEAR-7. o Changed the default value of maven.ear.displayname. Fixes MPEAR-20. o Build now fails in some cases were the dependencies are copied with wrong case. Fixes MPEAR-9. Thanks to Sean Timm. Changes: o The plugin now displays the version of the bundled artifacts on the console. Fixes MPEAR-19. o Deprecated the ear:load hook goal =============================================================================== 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-ear-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-ear-plugin-1.6.jar Have fun! -The Maven EAR Plugin development team