The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Changes Plugin, version 3.0.0-M2
This plugin is used to inform your users of the changes that have occurred between different releases of your project. The plugin can extract these changes, either from a changes.xml file or from an issue management system (Jira, Trac and GitHub supported), and presents them as a report. https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-changes-plugin/ You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-changes-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.0.0-M2</version> </plugin> You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page: https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-changes-plugin/download.cgi Release Notes - Maven Changes Plugin - Version 3.0.0-M2 ** Improvement * [MCHANGES-456] - Make dev attribute optional in changes.xml * [MCHANGES-457] - Rename attribute fixedIssues to fixed-issues * [MCHANGES-458] - ProjectJavamailMailSender should use logger * [MCHANGES-460] - JIRA - Add Dependency upgrade,Task, Wish to default type mapping * [MCHANGES-461] - Use new report names in project build Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team