one CVS repository.. for projects from multiple SCM repositories it's harder
 to maintain the same relative links on all developer computers.
 not sure the unified source directory structure addresses this issue.

 Properties

 maven.user.config.dir (system,default=${user.home}/.m2)
 maven.home            (system,user,default=${user.home}/m2)

  <issueManagement>
    <url>http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/</url>
  </issueManagement>
  <ciManagement>
    <notifiers>
      <notifier>
        <configuration>
          <address>******@****.***</address>
        </configuration>
      </notifier>
    </notifiers>
  </ciManagement>
  <inceptionYear>2001</inceptionYear>
  <mailingLists>
    <mailingList>
      <name>Commons Dev List</name>

  <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
  <name>Plexus Common Utilities</name>
  <version>1.0.4</version>
  <ciManagement>
    <notifiers>
      <notifier>
        <configuration>
          <address>******@****.***</address>
        </configuration>
      </notifier>
      <notifier>
        <type>irc</type>
        <configuration>
          <port>6667</port>
          <channel>#plexus</channel>

  <packaging>pom</packaging>
  <name>Plexus</name>
  <version>1.0.8</version>
  <ciManagement>
    <notifiers>
      <notifier>
        <type>mail</type>
        <configuration>
          <address>******@****.***</address>
        </configuration>
      </notifier>
      <notifier>
        <type>irc</type>
        <configuration>
          <host>irc.codehaus.org</host>
          <port>6667</port>

  <packaging>pom</packaging>
  <name>Plexus</name>
  <version>1.0.11</version>
  <ciManagement>
    <notifiers>
      <notifier>
        <type>mail</type>
        <configuration>
          <address>******@****.***</address>
        </configuration>
      </notifier>
      <notifier>
        <type>irc</type>
        <configuration>
          <host>irc.codehaus.org</host>
          <port>6667</port>

        </field>
        <!-- TODO: Remove it after continuum alpha-3 release -->
        <field>
          <name>address</name>
          <version>4.0.0+</version>
          <type>String</type>
          <description>
            @deprecated Where to send the notification to - eg email address.
          </description>
        </field>
        <field>
          <name>configuration</name>

        assertEquals(1, ((List<?>) pom.getValue("ciManagement/notifiers")).size());
        assertEquals("irc", pom.getValue("ciManagement/notifiers[1]/type"));
        assertEquals("ci@", pom.getValue("ciManagement/notifiers[1]/address"));
        assertEquals(Boolean.TRUE, pom.getValue("ciManagement/notifiers[1]/sendOnError"));
        assertEquals(Boolean.FALSE, pom.getValue("ciManagement/notifiers[1]/sendOnFailure"));

    <system>continuum</system>
    <url>http://maven.zones.apache.org:8080/continuum</url>
    <notifiers>
      <notifier>
        <type>mail</type>
        <configuration>
          <address>******@****.***</address>
        </configuration>
      </notifier>
    </notifiers>
  </ciManagement>
  <inceptionYear>2002</inceptionYear>
  <mailingLists>
    <mailingList>

        <sendOnError>true</sendOnError>
        <sendOnFailure>true</sendOnFailure>
        <sendOnSuccess>false</sendOnSuccess>
        <sendOnWarning>false</sendOnWarning>
        <configuration>
          <address>irc://parent.url/#ci</address>
        </configuration>
      </notifier>
    </notifiers>
  </ciManagement>
  <distributionManagement>
    <repository>
      <id>parent-distros</id>
      <name>parent-distros</name>

                        + LS
                        + LS + "<configuration>"
                        + LS + "  ..."
                        + LS + "  <toAddresses>"
                        + LS + "    <item>VALUE</item>"
                        + LS + "  </toAddresses>"
                        + LS + "</configuration>."
                        + LS,
                exception.buildDiagnosticMessage());
    }

    @Test