We are pleased to announce the Maven Java Plugin 1.6 release! http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/plugins/java/ =============================================================================== Changes in this version include: New Features: o New property maven.compile.failonerror. Fixes MPJAVA-41. o New property maven.compile.debuglevel. Fixes MPJAVA-32. o New property maven.compile.nowarn. Fixes MPJAVA-44. o Make a report with compiler output Fixes MPJAVA-40. Thanks to Ron Gallagher. o Capture Deprecation Warnings. Fixes MPJAVA-34. Fixed bugs: o Compile fails using forked compiler when directory contains spaces. Fixes MPJAVA-4. o Also check for ${maven.gen.src}before compiling. Fixes MPJAVA-42. o Set maven.compile.deprecation=onby default. Fixes MPJAVA-23. o Compiling gives incorrect warning about target JVM version. Fixes MPJAVA-30. o sourceModificationshandled incorrectly when more than one clause present. Fixes MPJAVA-38. Thanks to Ignacio G. Mac Dowell. o Broken support for maven.compile.extdirs. Fixes MPJAVA-43. =============================================================================== To automatically install the plugin, type the following on a single line: maven plugin:download -Dmaven.repo.remote=http://repo1.maven.org/maven,http://people.apache.org/repo/m1-snapshot-repository/ -DgroupId=maven -DartifactId=maven-java-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-java-plugin-1.6.jar Have fun! -The Maven Java Plugin development team