We are pleased to announce the Maven EAR Plugin 1.9 release! http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/plugins/ear/ Ear Plugin for Maven =============================================================================== Changes in this version include: New Features: o Added support to set the description and the security roles in the generated application.xml. Fixes MPEAR-17. =============================================================================== 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=1.9 For a manual installation, you can download the plugin here: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/java-repository/maven/plugins/maven-ear-plugin-1.9.jar Have fun! -The Maven EAR Plugin development team