Re: [2.0.9 RC5]

> This RC has the following changes over RC4:
>
> *        Webdav 1.0-beta-2 instead of beta-1 (This fixes James' issue)
>
> *        The webdav extension version that is bundled in core can be
> overridden by an extension element, thus no longer locking in the users.
> This plays a little with the classloading so we should rerun all
> previous tests to make sure nothing new is broken. FWIW, I used the
> latest RC5-Snapshot to build the official RC5 release and had no issues.
>
> *        MNG-3221 has been rolled back and fixed in a different way that
> specifically targets just the report plugins in the forked lifecycles.
> This should correct the issues seen by Nicolas and Sejal
>
>  
>
> Those are all the known issues in RC4. We had some issues in the past
> with site plugin compat so we should try to get some coverage in that
> area as well.
>
>  
>
> Binaries are here:
>
> http://people.apache.org/~brianf/staging-repository/org/apache/maven/apa
> che-maven/2.0.9-RC5/
>
>  
>
> Thank you everyone for the ongoing testing assistance and regression
> fixing. I am confident that 2.0.9 is going to bring a new level of
> quality to the project. We'll see if I still feel that way after we let
> the users whack at it, but it will be worth it in the end. Once we
> achieve this level it will be easier to maintain it going forward with
> more frequent releases and closer attention to how we fix issues along
> with good ITs to avoid regressions.
>