[ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-2301?page=comments#action_67949 ] 

John Casey commented on MNG-2301:
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IMO, this could be a vector for introducing false data which may eventually be 
depended upon (even unintentionally)...I'd tend to say that this file should 
*always* be generated.

What reason do you have for doing this?



> Maven Archiver deleteing already existing pom.properties file.
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
>          Key: MNG-2301
>          URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-2301
>      Project: Maven 2
>         Type: Bug

>   Components: maven-archiver
>     Versions: 2.0.4
>     Reporter: Sharmarke Aden
>  Attachments: maven-archiver_pomDelete.patch
>
>
> My project has it's own pom.properties file and it seems that maven archiver 
> is deleting it right after packaging the application. Any particular reason 
> why it's doing this? It seems to me the archiver shouldn't be deleting the 
> file if it already exists. It should delete the file if it doesn't exists 
> otherwise it should add the necessary information (version, groupId, etc) to 
> the file and leave it be. I have attached a patch that fixes the issue. 
> Also note that this patch adds the "builtOn" property to the pom.properties 
> which is satisfy the following enhancement request: 
> http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-1830 

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