We are pleased to announce the Maven JDepend Plugin 1.6.1 release! http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/plugins/jdepend/ JDepend traverses Java class file directories and generates design quality metrics for each Java package. JDepend allows you to automatically measure the quality of a design in terms of its extensibility, reusability, and maintainability to manage package dependencies effectively. =============================================================================== Changes in this version include: Fixed bugs: o Set maven.jdepend.componentsto empty by default for backwards compatibility. Fixes MPJDEPEND-8. o Cannot generate report without component property set. Fixes MPJDEPEND-7. =============================================================================== 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-jdepend-plugin -Dversion=1.6.1 For a manual installation, you can download the plugin here: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/java-repository/maven/plugins/maven-jdepend-plugin-1.6.1.jar Have fun! -The Maven JDepend Plugin development team