Nexus Book Edition 1.4: SSL Doc, Expanded Install Docs
Announcing the availability of Repository Management with Nexus, Edition 1.4. Learn Nexus today by:
- Reading this book on the Sonatype site
- Downloading the PDF from Sonatype
- Reading this book on Scribd
This edition contains three major changes from Edition 1.3, and a series of smaller changes that are captured in the release notes included at the end of this blog post:
- A new appendix focused on SSL configuration: configuring client-side certificates, configuring Nexus to serve SSL directly, and configuring SSL redirect.
- Expansion of the installation chapter to describe the contents of the various directories created by Nexus.
- Numerous typos, references, and errors fixed in the latest edition of the book.
Flexmojos 3.3.0 Now Available
Flexmojos 3.3.0 is now available.
Flexmojos provides first-class support for Flex and AIR development within Apache Maven. It allow maven to compile, optimize, test and … Flex SWF, Flex SWC, Air SWF and Air SWC.
The main fixes are:
The next release will include FlexUnit 4 support and more refactoring to move toward a more componentized codebase and a focus on increasing test coverage.
Nexus Book Edition 1.3: Printable PDF and Archiva Migrations
Announcing the availability of Repository Management with Nexus, Edition 1.3. Learn Nexus today by:
- Reading this book on the Sonatype site
- Downloading the PDF from Sonatype
- Reading this book on Scribd
This edition contains three major changes from Edition 1.2, and a series of smaller changes that are captured in the release notes included at the end of this blog post:
- A new appendix detailing the migration process for hosted and proxy repositories from Archiva to Nexus.
- General formatting and bug fixes throughout the book.
- Professional print-quality PDF: The PDF now contains vector art, screenshots sized for print resolution, better fonts, and has been resized to an industry-standard print size.
How to make an executable jar in Maven
It’s been a while since I posted, so here’s a quick and dirty code by example:
If you want to make a standalone jar (ie one with no dependencies) executable, here’s how you do it: (more…)
Maven 2.2.1 Released
I’m proud to announce the release of Apache Maven 2.2.1.
This release aims to fix some critical regressions introduced in Maven 2.2.0, along with some long-standing issues related to custom lifecycle configurations.
Addressing Regressions in the HTTP Wagon
Beginning in Maven 2.2.0, the default implementation of the HTTP Wagon was switched from the old Sun- / HttpURLConnection-based wagon to one that wraps HttpClient. This seemed to have several advantages, not least of which was giving the user more access to fine-grained configuration options and moving to a better-documented core API for Maven’s most-used wagon. However, we soon realized that these improvements came with a hefty price tag.
