maven 1.x and 2.x is that all project parameterization occurs in the POM and not from properties
 files.

 For many of the more advanced features in Maven2 it is critical that POMs be available in the local repository.
 Features like transitive dependencies and the new parent specification mechanism. The problem we run into is

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 * h3. plugins should be able to have specific metadata for a plugin model and that be translated -
 * dependencies - resources - configuration - extension points of plugins
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 * For a particular application plugin there will be a declarative descriptor for that plugin type.
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 * - nexus - the plugin class - UI to contribute - what JS to hook into the UI - what resources to

  * Otherwise, don't bind the mojo. Log a debug message to indicate that it is
    sensitive the online state of the application, and that this state is
    currently wrong for execution.

    <<NOTE:>> Do we want to fail when we cannot bind a mojo to the lifecycle
    because of offline/online status? That would probably indicate that the user
    was trying to do something they cannot succeed at for now...so we probably

   - [artifactId] tells maven what the artifact name is for this particular
       project. Each project should have a distinct artifactId.

   - [version] tells maven what release of this artifact we're trying to produce.
       The fact that a project has a distinct pom.xml should indicate a separate
       release cycle that is also distinct to that project, so a concrete version
       declaration is required.

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</plugins>

We need this form so that the model builder can make the first pass at merging. Full merging cannot be done because we don't know what the version of the plugin is yet that the user has requested. For plugins in the default lifecycle they are typically defined in the plugin management section of the parent POM. When the merging is complete we are going to have something that looks like the following:

<plugins>
  <plugin>

Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the
freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for this
service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you
want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new
free programs; and that you know you can do these things.

To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid anyone

       Best practice is to use the JIRA issue title in both the pull request title and in the first line of the commit message.
 - [ ] Write a pull request description that is detailed enough to understand what the pull request does, how, and why.
 - [ ] Run `mvn clean verify` to make sure basic checks pass. A more thorough check will
       be performed on your pull request automatically.

       gives data about available versions (<<<latest>>>, <<<release>>>, <<<versions>>> list and <<<lastUpdated>>>),

 [[3]] in a "groupId/artifactId/version" snapshot artifact directory: metadata describes <<<groupId>>>, <<<artifactId>>>, <<<version>>> (base version, i.e. ending in <<<-SNAPSHOT>>>) and

You have found a bug or you have an idea for a cool new feature? Contributing
code is a great way to give something back to the open source community. Before
you dig right into the code, there are a few guidelines that we need
contributors to follow so that we can have a chance of keeping on top of
things.

Some of the ideas are documented in the [Maven Wiki][maven-wiki]
which might be interesting to read and for further discussion.

Getting Started

need it so that empty directory does not get deleted...