Maven Checkstyle Plugin 2.2 Released

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The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of Maven Checkstyle
Plugin, version 2.2.

The Checkstyle plugin generates a report regarding the code style used
by the developers. For more information about Checkstyle, see
http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/

http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-checkstyle-plugin/

You can run 'mvn -up' to get the latest version of the plugin, or
specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:

     <plugin>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
       <version>2.2</version>
     </plugin>


Release Notes - Maven 2.x Checkstyle Plugin - Version 2.2

** Bug
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-40] - Some checks need the compiled classes (for
instance JavadocMethod)
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-41] - Rules summary count of duplicate JavadocMethod
configurations are merged
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-48] - regression: report generation doesn't work
while dealing with the header file
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-53] - Cannot copy static resources on windows
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-54] - checkstyle:check does not see provided scope
dependencies
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-55] - Wrong rules summary for GenericIllegalRegexp
when message contains a quote
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-58] - Tests fail on non-English JVM
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-59] - Checkstyle Report fails if propertyExpansion
contains backslash characters
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-63] - The local absolute path to the headerLocation
file is output in the report
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-65] - regression in checkstyle 2.2: config locations
seen as null
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-67] - settings suppressionsLocation does not set
checkstyle.suppressions.file like suppressionsFile does
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-76] - don't check the test code
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-81] - Add dedicated resource bundle for locale "en"
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-83] - Checkstyle report showing a check as Error
when it is Warning
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-85] - Make tests platform-independent
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-90] - Checkstyle-2.2-SNAPSHOT not working with Maven
2.0.9

** Improvement
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-35] - move rules summary to the bottom
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-50] - Sort the files and details in the report
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-56] - Use Release 4.2 of Checkstyle
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-60] - French localisation of the checkstyle report.
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-68] - Use Release 4.3 of Checkstyle
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-71] - need a skip flag similar to surefire
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-74] - invalid report heading html
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-80] - Add german translation
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-82] - Clarify usage of outputDirectory parameter
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-87] - Use Release 4.4 of Checkstyle
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-95] - Allow to configure file encoding for source files

** New Feature
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-45] - It should be possible to configure
checkstyle:check to fail on "warnings".
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-47] - Allow running checkstyle in test sources

** Task
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-69] - Improve documentation related to custom
developed Checkstyle check modules


** Wish
     * [MCHECKSTYLE-84] - Disabled "HiddenField" check


Enjoy!

- The Maven Team