Future
Maven 3.0 information began trickling out in 2008. After eight alpha releases, the first beta version of Maven 3.0 was released in April 2010. Maven 3.0 has reworked the core Project Builder infrastructure such that the POM's file-based representation is now decoupled from its in-memory object representation. This has expanded the possibility for Maven 3.0 add-ons to leverage non-XML based project definition files. Languages suggested include Ruby (already in private prototype by Jason van Zyl), YAML, and Groovy. Experimental work for a YAML-based POM definition file (requires an external conversion script to be executed) has been piloted by Don Brown of Atlassian.
Special attention has been paid to ensuring compatibility between Maven 2 and 3. For most projects, an upgrade to Maven 3 will not require any adjustments of their project structure. The first beta of Maven 3 saw the introduction of a parallel build feature which leverages a configurable number of cores on a multi-core machine and is especially suited for large multi-module projects.
According to Maven's Issue Tracker, there are plans for Maven 3.1, but no concrete plan or date has been set. It is currently a backlog of popular features.
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