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by John Casey-5 :: Rate this Message:

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In the POM and the unit test comments, it says it's meant to ensure  
plugin-level configuration doesn't get wiped out by execution-level  
configuration...but there is no plugin-level configuration (unless  
I'm missing something). That seems to be at least part of what's  
confusing me here.

-john



On May 7, 2008, at 10:56 AM, Brett Porter wrote:

> On 08/05/2008, at 12:37 AM, John Casey wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'm just wondering about what it0074 is trying to accomplish. It's  
>> failing with the trunk version of Maven, and when I started  
>> digging into it, the description in the POM and the corresponding  
>> JUnit test case don't seem to match either the POM configuration  
>> or the code in the unit test. In general, I think it's a good idea  
>> to move away from using core plugins inside integration tests  
>> since it makes the ITs vulnerable to all sorts of external changes  
>> (I know, this used to be normal).
>
> agreed
>
>> I honestly don't remember whether I was the one to write this  
>> integration test originally, but looking at it now, it appears  
>> that it's in dire need of help.
>
> http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-781
> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=292047
>
> Yep, it's yours :)
>
>>
>>
>> Can anyone help shed light on the purpose of this test and how it  
>> operates, or should I just replace it with something a little  
>> clearer?
>
> I would suggest focusing on why it passes in 2.0.x and not 2.1?
>
> Other than that... it seems the POM is the right one (according to  
> the description), and the goals that are executed are incorrect.
>
> - Brett
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