Sonatype Nexus Maven Repository Manager 1.2 Released
The Nexus 1.2.0.2 release is available for download. This release improves upon the architectural enhancements started in 1.1 for plugins. 1.2.0 also provides for greater manageability and customization of the embedded Jetty server, support for incremenetal Nexus indexes, and support for plugins. To download this 1.2.0 release go to http://nexus.sonatype.org. Here is an quick overview of some of the more interesting changes in this release.
Optimal Maven Plugin configuration
Maven has two sections in the pom relating to plugin configuration: project.build.plugins and project.build.pluginManagment.plugins. These two sections are unfortunately often confused and misused. (more…)