Mai 2026

Work Package 1 — Security of the Supply Chain

• Improve buildinfo-file handling for multimodule projects (https://github.com/apache/maven-artifact-plugin/issues/93)
• Improve on cyclonedx 1.7 ECMA specification implementation for Java

Work Package 2 — Maintenance

• Release train for 3.10.0 has been started wth backporting features from 4.x branch
• Testing and fixing of the 3.10.0 release train
• Check and fix ASF maintained Maven plugins with 3.10.0
• Release Maven 3.9.16 with bug fixes

Work Package 3 — Modernization of Core Feature

• Tool for automate the local release process for Apache Maven
• Working on atr-maven-plugin to support the release process with ATR (Apache Trusted Releases) service

Work Package 4 — Documentation

• Draw up suggestion for "Getting started" content
• Draw up conception for learning paths
• Getting started docs content initialized
• Extensive reviews of first two "Getting started" PRs (#3, #4)
• Discussion about global writing styles, e.g. addressing the reader in formal or informal way.