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Please note that Netty has no mandatory external dependencies. JDK 1.5 or above is all that you need to run Netty.
The following options are available to get notified on a new release:
Snapshots are built from the latest revision of the source code repository everyday. Download them from an unofficial repository if you need to check the latest bug fixes and feature additions.
First off, add the following repository section to your pom.xml:
<repositories>
...
<repository>
<id>repository.jboss.org</id>
<url>http://repository.jboss.org/maven2</url>
<snapshots>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</snapshots>
</repository>
...
</repositories>
And then add the following dependency section to your pom.xml:
<dependencies>
...
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
<artifactId>netty</artifactId>
<version>X.Y.Z.Q</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
...
</dependencies>
The following releases are now deprecated and all users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest release.