Plexus Containers Structure History
Plexus Containers structure has evolved over time. This document tracks most notable changes around its main module - plexus-container-default.
| plexus-container-default version | release date | structure change |
| 1.0-alpha-1 | 2005-01-18 | plexus:plexus-container-default is child of plexus:plexus-containers but not a module |
| 1.0-alpha-2 | 2005-04-02 | plexus:plexus-containers has plexus-container-artifact and plexus-container-default modules |
| 1.0-alpha-4 | 2005-06-22 | plexus:plexus-containers:1.0 |
| 1.0-alpha-6 | 2005-06-22 | plexus:plexus-containers:1.0.2 |
| 1.0-alpha-7 | 2005-10-03 | org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-container-default (groupId changed) |
| 1.0-alpha-9 (used in Maven 2.x) |
2005-12-07 | org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-containers:1.0.3 (groupId changed) |
| 1.0-alpha-10 | 2006-10-01 | org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-containers:1.0.6, plexus-container-default as single module |
| 1.0-alpha-11 | 2006-11-23 | org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-containers:1.0.7-alpha-1 with a new plexus-component-api module |
| 1.0-alpha-14 | 2006-12-13 | plexus-containers has now the same version as its plexus-component-api and plexus-container-default modules |
| 1.0-alpha-33 | 2007-10-16 | addition of plexus-component-annotations |
| 1.0-alpha-34 | 2007-10-23 | removal of plexus-component-api, which has been merged into plexus-container-default |
| 1.0-beta-1 | 2008-09-30 | addition of plexus-component-metadata Maven Plugin, which supersedes Plexus Component Descriptor Creator and Plexus Maven Plugin |
| 1.0-beta-3.0.1 | 2008-12-01 | addition of plexus-component-javadoc, which was previously known as plexus-javadoc in plexus-tools |
| 1.0.0 | 2009-06-19 | no structure change, but the long expected 1.0.0 release... |
Deprecated
Maven 3 uses Sisu as a replacement for Plexus Container: newer releases of Plexus Containers are mainly done for companion tools plexus-component-metadata Maven Plugin, plexus-component-javadoc or plexus-component-annotations.