#Maven 4.0.0-rc7 was released: https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi or use @sdkman

From the release notes https://maven.apache.org/docs/4.0.0-rc-7/release-notes.html:
"This release candidate is expected to be the last before the Maven 4.0.0 GA release, which we aim to publish in the coming weeks, pending community feedback."

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Terminal with the command: sdk install maven 4.0.0-rc-7 And the output: Downloading: maven 4.0.0-rc-7 In progress... #################################################################################################################################################################################### 100.0% Installing: maven 4.0.0-rc-7 Done installing!

Adding one more conference to 2026:
@aalmiray and I will present "Getting more out of #Maven" at #NLJUG #JFall

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JFall acceptance email with the header: Your session Getting more out of Maven has been accepted.

Last week we hosted #IntelliJIDEA Conf 2026.
On day 2 I had the pleasure to host @holly_cummins who showed us "Six and a Half Ridiculous Things to Do With #Quarkus" and @mthmulders who gave tips on "Accelerating #Maven Builds: From a Snail's Pace 🐌 to Rocket Speed 🚀"
ICYMI, the recordings are here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPZy-hmwOdEWItbnW5iDHlXLwnq5RTVYi

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Marit van Dijk and Holly Cummins sitting at a round table facing each other. Holly is laughing and holding a glass of water. There are three Runzo figurines on the table and two lemons.

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Marit van Dijk smiling at Holly Cummins. She is sitting behind her laptop which is covered in stickers. There are two lemons on the table.

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Maarten Mulders, wearing a white custom Duke "Stack Trace Therapist" t-shirt from the IntelliJ IDEA campaign for Java's 30th birthday. He is talking to Marit van Dijk in the IntelliJ IDEA Conference 2026 studio. There are three Runzo figurines on the table.

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Maarten Mulders and Marit van Dijk sitting at a round table in the IntelliJ IDEA Conference 2026 studio. They are both laughing.

Quite interesting remark by @struberg on the Java champions mailing list about #Maven #Central being a target of #AI scrapers

> Most of the jars also have source attached, and this is a highly interesting target for all kinds of AI research.

Never thought about it that way, but for sure, there's a ton of stuff there predating #GitHub which has been already "harvested"…

Logpoints and a bundled debugger skill to make #debugging easier, dependency completion for #Gradle and #Maven, support for #Java 27, #Kotlin 2.4, new features for #Spring security, #Docker and more...
#IntelliJIDEA 2026.2 is here: https://youtu.be/1wzW-gM9OZE?is=yz-0VOIX61p8KWTj

We recorded the What's New in #IntelliJIDEA 2026.2 video today. New features for #AI, #Java, #Kotlin, Debugger, #Spring, #Gradle, #Maven and #Docker coming soon to an IDE near you! @sivalabs @antonarhipov Marco Behler

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Marit van Dijk, Siva Katamreddy, Anton Arhipov and Marco Behler in the JetBrains Amsterdam office

🍿 #Sonatype will introduce #Maven #Central publishing limits

https://central.sonatype.org/publish/maven-central-publishing-limits/

While I did put a popcorn emoji in front, I do think that's one of the only ways forward to keep that central bit of software in the #Java world free to download for everyone.

Received some wonderful news from #JavaZone a while ago.
@aalmiray and I will be speaking about #Maven.
Will we see you there?

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Acceptance mail from JavaZone for the talk Getting more out of Maven