Re: Change release announcement template?

>
> The release announcement template is here:
> http://maven.apache.org/developers/release/releasing.html
>
> It currently says:
>
>> 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-XXX-plugin</artifactId>
>> <version>Y.Z</version>
>> </plugin>
>
> ... but that's not true any more, is it?  In Maven 2.0.9, running -
> up won't give you Surefire 2.4.3; you'll be stuck on Surefire  
> 2.4.2.  (and that's a good thing!)
>
> Unfortunately, the new version of Surefire requires Maven 2.0.6 or  
> higher (for toolchain support), so users of Maven 2.0.0-2.0.5 have  
> no way to upgrade to Surefire 2.4.3; users of 2.0.6-2.0.8 will be  
> auto-upgraded (and can force an auto-upgrade with -up) and users of  
> 2.0.9 will have to specify the version explicitly.
>
> I don't want to say all that in the release announcement template,  
> right? I think it should just say something like this, omitting  
> discussion of "-up":
>
>> You can specify the plugin version in your project's plugin  
>> configuration:
>>
>> <plugin>
>> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
>> <artifactId>maven-XXX-plugin</artifactId>
>> <version>Y.Z</version>
>> </plugin>
>
> I'll just say something like that in the Surefire announcment I'm  
> going to make in a few minutes; if people like this wording, I'll  
> modify the template in the documentation.
>
> -Dan
>
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