Apache Commons Developers Include JavaDoc badge in READM.md file. Add eol-style:native otherwise generated files can cause commit errors Include badges in the README.md file. Build plugin does not pass the JIRA_ID property when generating README.md. Added new download-page subdir property: set this (e.g. to '1.2' or 'lang-1.2' etc) to override the default of binaries/source commons-build-plugin README/CONTRIBUTING.md handle multi-modules Download Page - Better describes KEYS file (and uses https links). CONTRIBUTING.md/README.md - New Goals to build Markdown formatted intro files for GitHub. Add support for a "commons.release.3" set of properties to offer a 3rd download option. Mailing List Page - Make it clear that you have to be subscribed to post. Fix announce mod_mbox link