Can a maven mojo relying on Aether be compatible with Maven 3.0.x and 3.1.x?

Question

The 3.1.0 release of Maven relies on Eclipse Aether (org.eclipse.aether) instead of Sonatype Aether (org.sonatype.aether). This seems to break compatibility for plugins relying

Answer 1

Most of these plugins depend on the Maven Dependency Tree, which is capable to collect the right set of dependencies no matter the Maven Version. Version 2.1 was released to support Eclipse Aether next to Sonatype Aether If your plugin can use this component, you should be save.