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+The Maven team is pleased to announce the Eclipse plugin 1.5 release!
+
+http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/eclipse/
+
+The Maven Eclipse plugin generates eclipse configuration files, such as .classpath, .project as well as
+allowing Maven to execute as an external tool within Eclipse.
+
+Fixed in this version
+
+o Absolute paths were being generated in .classpath. Relative paths are now output
+
+Note that this plugin has been tested with Maven 1.0 rc1. Using it with
+another version of Maven is at your own risk! :-)
+
+You can download and install the Eclipse plugin by using
+
+maven -DgroupId=maven -DartifactId=maven-eclipse-plugin -Dversion=1.5 plugin:download
+
+Have fun!
+-dIon
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