m2e 1.6 is a minor release, fixing over 80 bugs. However, a number of significant improvements were introduced since m2e 1.5 :
- improved performance of project import
- improved auto-completion in pom.xml editor
- new embedded maven runtime based on maven 3.3.3
- new experimental "Auto-update project configuration"
- new embedded maven archetype plugin 2.3
- UI and performance improvements in Archetype Wizard
- New API to control Project Configurators execution order
- m2e now honors workspace auto-build