Description of problem: Because of big changes in EAP 7.1 which will require non-trival changes in EAP plugin it was decided to ignore EAP 7.1 in EAP plugin pack update 05. Support for EAP 7.1 will be added in update 06.
This should work straight out of the box already (API level in 7.1 is higher than in 7, so it won't be detected). NPE mentioned in BZ 1370499 only happens if you enable debug logging (the NPE comes from the logging).