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August 2026

Work Package 1 — Security of the Supply Chain

  • type: FEATURE text: Adjust Maven Artifact plugin to make improvements for buildinfo generation and build comparison in context of reproducible builds (GitHub Issue) link: https://github.com/support-and-care/maven-support-and-care/issues/242

Work Package 2 — Maintenance

  • type: MAINTENANCE text: Automate publishing monthly Maven updates to the Open Elements website link: https://github.com/support-and-care/maven-support-and-care/pull/244

  • type: MAINTENANCE text: Testing Maven 3.10.0 and fixing reported issues, improvement in IT testing link: https://github.com/support-and-care/maven-support-and-care/issues/211

  • type: MAINTENANCE text: Release of Maven Surefire 3.6.0 (using Junit platform only) and fixing related issues link: https://github.com/support-and-care/maven-support-and-care/issues/246

Work Package 3 — Modernization of Core Feature

  • type: MAINTENANCE text: Finished migration of tests written in JUnit3 to JUnit5 link: https://github.com/support-and-care/maven-support-and-care/issues/136

Work Package 4 — Documentation

  • type: DOCUMENTATION text: Publish the how-to on adding and excluding dependencies link: https://github.com/support-and-care/doc-for-maven/pull/20

  • type: DOCUMENTATION text: Publish the key concept chapter on the Maven dependency mechanism link: https://github.com/support-and-care/doc-for-maven/pull/21

  • type: DOCUMENTATION text: Start the tutorial for writing a first Maven plugin in Java link: https://github.com/support-and-care/doc-for-maven/pull/24