[pmd-devel] [ANN] Apache Maven PMD Plugin 3.15.0 Released

[Andreas D. <ad...@ap...>]

The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven 
PMD Plugin, version 3.15.0

A Maven plugin for the PMD toolkit, that produces a report on both code 
rule violations and detected copy and paste
fragments, as well as being able to fail the build based on these metrics.

https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-pmd-plugin/

You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:

<plugin>
   <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
   <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
   <version>3.15.0</version>
</plugin>


Release Notes - Maven PMD Plugin - Version 3.15.0

Bug
* [MPMD-320] Error when using toolchain and spaces in repository path
* [MPMD-318] Incorrect aux classpath if 'includeTests' set to true
* [MPMD-317] NoClassDefFoundError for provided classes
* [MPMD-315] Maven PMD Plugin fails on Java 16: Unsupported targetJdk 
value '16'.
* [MPMD-314] PMD report extension not set correctly for custom report class

Improvement
* [MPMD-322] Display when PMD/CPD is skipped
* [MPMD-321] Display PMD version that is being used also for pmd:pmd and 
pmd:cpd
* [MPMD-319] Add GitHub Action to confirm build PR
* [MPMD-313] Improve <jdkToolchain> parameter description
* [MPMD-311] Improve excludeFromFailureFile docs

Task
* [MPMD-316] Require Java 8
* [MPMD-312] Upgrade to PMD 6.38.0
* [MPMD-308] Set Maven 3.1.0 as minimum version
* [MPMD-283] Create a real aggregate goal

Enjoy,

-The Maven team