Maven on the Road to 3.0 Release

The second beta of Maven 3.0 is out now.

This release adds a dependency graph with image map for navigating to modules, and fixes a list of bugs, including a problem with plugin configuration being incorrectly inherited from parent pom.

The forthcoming Maven 3 release is aiming to ensure backward compatibility with Maven 2, allow safe embedding, and lay the foundations for implementing some often-demanded new features.