We are pleased to announce the Maven JIRA Plug-in 1.2-SNAPSHOT release! 

http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/reference/plugins/jira/

This plugin downloads issues from Jira and creates a report. 

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Changes in this version include:

  Fixed bugs:

o Enable retrieving component-specific issues. Fixes MPJIRA-11. Thanks to 
  Michael Franken. 
o Authentication support for access a private Jira instalation. Fixes 
  MPJIRA-8. Thanks to Michael Franken. 

  Changes:

o Update dependencies to match ones in maven 1.1 core and to unify them 
  between plugins. The following dependencies are updated : log4j v1.2.8 
  -> v1.2.12 Fixes MAVEN-1712.  

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To automatically install the plugin, type the following on a single line:

maven plugin:download
  -Dmaven.repo.remote=http://www.ibiblio.org/maven, http://cvs.apache.org/repository/
  -DgroupId=maven
  -DartifactId=maven-jira-plugin
  -Dversion=1.2-SNAPSHOT

For a manual installation, you can download the plugin here:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/java-repository/maven/plugins/maven-jira-plugin-1.2-SNAPSHOT.jar
 

Have fun!
-The Maven JIRA Plug-in development team