Bug

• [MCHANGES-1] - Annoucement generates announcement for wrong type of package
• [MCHANGES-9] - HTML inside <action/> is swallowed
• [MCHANGES-11] - improve error reporting when changes.xml not found
• [MCHANGES-13] - Exception thrown when running changes:announcement-generate
• [MCHANGES-16] - release history hyperlinks don't work
• [MCHANGES-19] - bad URL/404 on JIRA report results in exception
• [MCHANGES-23] - docs should use short goal names
• [MCHANGES-50] - Handle JIRA authentication failure
• [MCHANGES-51] - Table not correctly closed in ChangesReportGenerator#constructActions()
• [MCHANGES-54] - jira-report with filter specified gives 500 error
• [MCHANGES-56] - Default announcement.vm doesn't check issue type correctly.
• [MCHANGES-57] - How does the plugin know what issues were fixed in this version?
• [MCHANGES-63] - Custom filters can not be added to a JIRA query.
• [MCHANGES-64] - The changes plugin should not push an "external link" image into the output renderer
• [MCHANGES-68] - The changes plugin uses anchors and links that don't match.
• [MCHANGES-70] - NPE if the version attribute is not set properly in the changes.xml file

Improvement

• [MCHANGES-49] - javax.mail dependency should be optional
• [MCHANGES-55] - Add ability to turn off download URL in email
• [MCHANGES-77] - Document the variables available to the announcement template.
• [MCHANGES-81] - Use a less noisy version of plexus-velocity
• [MCHANGES-87] - Ability to specify the mail sender explicitely

New Feature

• [MCHANGES-25] - I'd like to have changes:announcement-mail be able to support authentication
• [MCHANGES-26] - Allow user to create custom velocity template for announcement
• [MCHANGES-27] - Add 'disable jira' flag
• [MCHANGES-28] - Renderer html code provided in an action record
• [MCHANGES-79] - Allow for overriding the announcement email from address

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Release Notes - Maven 2.x Changes Plugin - Version 2.0-beta-3 <h2> Bug </h2> <ul> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-1'>MCHANGES-1</a>] - Annoucement generates announcement for wrong type of package </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-9'>MCHANGES-9</a>] - HTML inside &lt;action/&gt; is swallowed </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-11'>MCHANGES-11</a>] - improve error reporting when changes.xml not found </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-13'>MCHANGES-13</a>] - Exception thrown when running changes:announcement-generate </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-16'>MCHANGES-16</a>] - release history hyperlinks don&#39;t work </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-19'>MCHANGES-19</a>] - bad URL/404 on JIRA report results in exception </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-23'>MCHANGES-23</a>] - docs should use short goal names </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-50'>MCHANGES-50</a>] - Handle JIRA authentication failure </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-51'>MCHANGES-51</a>] - Table not correctly closed in ChangesReportGenerator#constructActions() </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-54'>MCHANGES-54</a>] - jira-report with filter specified gives 500 error </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-56'>MCHANGES-56</a>] - Default announcement.vm doesn&#39;t check issue type correctly. </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-57'>MCHANGES-57</a>] - How does the plugin know what issues were fixed in this version? </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-63'>MCHANGES-63</a>] - Custom filters can not be added to a JIRA query. </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-64'>MCHANGES-64</a>] - The changes plugin should not push an &quot;external link&quot; image into the output renderer </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-68'>MCHANGES-68</a>] - The changes plugin uses anchors and links that don&#39;t match. </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-70'>MCHANGES-70</a>] - NPE if the version attribute is not set properly in the changes.xml file </li> </ul> <h2> Improvement </h2> <ul> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-49'>MCHANGES-49</a>] - javax.mail dependency should be optional </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-55'>MCHANGES-55</a>] - Add ability to turn off download URL in email </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-77'>MCHANGES-77</a>] - Document the variables available to the announcement template. </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-81'>MCHANGES-81</a>] - Use a less noisy version of plexus-velocity </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-87'>MCHANGES-87</a>] - Ability to specify the mail sender explicitely </li> </ul> <h2> New Feature </h2> <ul> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-25'>MCHANGES-25</a>] - I&#39;d like to have changes:announcement-mail be able to support authentication </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-26'>MCHANGES-26</a>] - Allow user to create custom velocity template for announcement </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-27'>MCHANGES-27</a>] - Add &#39;disable jira&#39; flag </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-28'>MCHANGES-28</a>] - Renderer html code provided in an action record </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCHANGES-79'>MCHANGES-79</a>] - Allow for overriding the announcement email from address </li> </ul>