diff --git a/maven-site/src/site/apt/release-notes.apt b/maven-site/src/site/apt/release-notes.apt index d833fc7f56..d3a121f082 100644 --- a/maven-site/src/site/apt/release-notes.apt +++ b/maven-site/src/site/apt/release-notes.apt @@ -1,56 +1,38 @@ ------ -Release Notes - Maven 2.0 Beta 1 +Release Notes - Maven 2.0 Beta 2 ------ Brett Porter ------ -16 September 2005 +27 September 2005 ------ - The Apache Maven team are proud to announce the beta release of Maven 2.0. + The Apache Maven team are proud to announce the second beta release of Maven 2.0. Download it from {{http://maven.apache.org/maven2/download.html}} Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool. Based on the concept of a project object model (POM), Maven can manage a project's build, reporting and documentation from a central piece of information. - This release includes <<{{{http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10500&styleName=Html&version=11040} 206 bug fixes and enhancements}}>> - since the previous release on 26 June. + This release includes <<{{{http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10500&styleName=Html&version=11861} a number of bug fixes and enhancements}}>> since the previous release on 16 September. - Maven 2.0 is a rewrite of the popular Maven application to achieve a number of goals, and to provide a stable + Maven 2.0 is a rewrite of the popular Maven application to achieve a number of new goals, and to provide a stable basis to take it into the future. - The main new features in this release are: + The main improvements in this release are: - * Further improved dependency management: full support for dependency ranges + * Bug fixes in the reporting API to allow the clover plugin to work in more scenarios - * Reactor project aggregation support and summary + * Bug fixes in the artifact collector for version ranges - * File system discovery of POMs and artifacts to reduce build time and use of local and remote repositories - - * Repository metadata support - - * System scope dependency support - - * Eclipse compiler support, ability to fork compiler - - * Ability to automatically bundle sources and javadoc with deployments - - * Maven 1.x repository support - - * Allow use of setters in mojos for field population - - * Ability to separate snapshot repository - - * Ability to set minimum Maven version requirement for projects and plugins - - * Build extension support - - * Bugfixes and enhancements + * Improvements to offline mode This release is considered stable with a feature set comparable to Maven 1.0. Further betas and the final are expected to be backwards compatible, with a primary goal of bugfixes, usability improvements, and documentation. - A large number of plugins will be released in the coming week to match the primary Maven 1.0 plugin set. + The current roadmap is to make weekly beta releases to encourage faster turnaround for issues found by the + community. + + This core release is independent of the plugins available. Further releases of plugins will be made separately. See {{{http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVEN/Maven+Plugin+Matrix} Maven Plugin Matrix}} for more information. We hope you enjoy using Maven! If you have any questions, please consult: diff --git a/maven-site/src/site/apt/site.apt b/maven-site/src/site/apt/site.apt index c91b516de0..ae3ec369d0 100644 --- a/maven-site/src/site/apt/site.apt +++ b/maven-site/src/site/apt/site.apt @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Building a Site The FML format is the FAQ format, also used in Maven 1.0. Other formats are available, but at this point these 3 are the best tested. There are also several possible output formats, - but as of beta-1, only XHTML is available. + but as of 2.0, only XHTML is available. Note that all of the above is optional - just one index file is required in one of the input trees. Each of the paths will be merged together to form the root directory of the site. diff --git a/maven-site/src/site/xdoc/download.xml b/maven-site/src/site/xdoc/download.xml index 9891d21100..7104bbb884 100644 --- a/maven-site/src/site/xdoc/download.xml +++ b/maven-site/src/site/xdoc/download.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Brett Porter -
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Maven is distributed in several formats for your convenience.

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IMPORTANT: - Some plugins built for alpha-3 will not work with beta-1. If you are experiencing + Some plugins built for alpha-3 will not work with beta-2. If you are experiencing "plugin not found" or other messages, please try running the command with -U first to ensure you have the latest version.