michael-o commented on code in PR #762:
URL: https://github.com/apache/maven-surefire/pull/762#discussion_r1688680611


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maven-surefire-common/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/surefire/AbstractSurefireMojo.java:
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@@ -319,25 +320,44 @@ public abstract class AbstractSurefireMojo extends 
AbstractMojo implements Suref
      */
     @Deprecated
     @Parameter
-    private Properties systemProperties;
+    Properties systemProperties;
 
     /**
      * List of System properties to pass to a provider.
      * The effective system properties given to a provider are contributed 
from several sources:
      * <ol>
+     * <li>properties set via {@link #argLine} with {@code -D} (only for 
forked executions)</li>
      * <li>{@link #systemProperties}</li>
      * <li>{@link AbstractSurefireMojo#getSystemPropertiesFile()} (set via 
parameter {@code systemPropertiesFile} on some goals)</li>
      * <li>{@link #systemPropertyVariables}</li>
-     * <li>User properties from {@link MavenSession#getUserProperties()}, 
usually set via CLI options given with {@code -D}</li>
+     * <li>User properties from {@link MavenSession#getUserProperties()}, 
usually set via CLI options given with {@code -D} on the current Maven process 
(only used as source if {@link #useUserPropertiesAsSystemProperty} is {@code 
true})</li>
      * </ol>
      * Later sources may overwrite same named properties from earlier sources, 
that means for example that one cannot overwrite user properties with either
-     * {@link #systemProperties}, {@link 
AbstractSurefireMojo#getSystemPropertiesFile()} or {@link 
#systemPropertyVariables}.
+     * {@link #systemProperties}, {@link #getSystemPropertiesFile()} or {@link 
#systemPropertyVariables}.
+     * <p>
+     * Certain properties may only be overwritten via {@link #argLine} 
(applicable only for forked executions) because their values are cached and 
only evaluated at the start of the JRE.
+     * Those include:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li>{@code java.library.path}</li>
+     * <li>{@code file.encoding}</li>
+     * <li>{@code jdk.map.althashing.threshold}</li>
+     * <li>{@code line.separator}</li>
+     * </ul>
      *
      * @since 2.5
      * @see #systemProperties
      */
     @Parameter
-    private Map<String, String> systemPropertyVariables;
+    Map<String, String> systemPropertyVariables;
+
+    /**
+     * If set to {@code true} will also pass all user properties exposed via 
{@link MavenSession#getUserProperties()} as system properties to a provider.
+     * Those always take precedence over same named system properties set via 
any other means.
+     * @since 3.4.0
+     * @see #systemPropertyVariables
+     */
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "true")
+    boolean useUserPropertiesAsSystemProperty;

Review Comment:
   yes, maybe or `promoteUserPropertiesToSystemProperties`. The term "promote" 
we use in Maven Core as well.



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