Hi,
in preparation for the release of Apache Maven 3.0, the Maven team is seeking your help to discover regressions since Maven 2.x. Everybody interested in taking a preview of the upcoming release for a test drive can get source and binary bundles from there portal.
Before reporting any issues found during testing, please be sure to have a close look at the compatibility notes for Maven 3.x:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/Maven+3.x+Compatibility+Notes
If you encounter unexpected build issues, please fill a report in JIRA that provides sufficient information to reproduce and analyze the issue:
The fixes contained in this release candidate since the 3.0-beta-3 release can also be seen in JIRA:
Thanks,
-The Maven team