Garret Wilson created MPH-192: --------------------------------- Summary: need <skip> option for evaluate goal Key: MPH-192 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPH-192 Project: Maven Help Plugin Issue Type: New Feature Components: evaluate Affects Versions: 3.3.0 Reporter: Garret Wilson
It is typical and even expected for Maven plugins to have a {{<skip>}} option, so that we can provide (via properties, profiles, etc.) a way to skip the plugin execution. See for example the [Antrun Plugin {{<skip>}} option|https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-antrun-plugin/run-mojo.html#skip] and the [Maven Assembly Plugin {{<skipAssembly>}} option|https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/single-mojo.html#skipAssembly]. (I could provide a long list of similar plugins.) Please provide a Maven configuration option to skip execution for the {{evaluate}} goal. This is particularly important because the Maven Help Plugin provides the only means to generate output to a file which is recognized across many development environments. (For example, Antrun {{<echo>}} can generate a file, but it is not supported by Eclipse.) It is important to be able to able to configure in the POM to evaluate an expression and output to a file _only_ under certain conditions. Currently the lack of this functionality is blocking my use of the Maven Help Plugin {{evaluate}} goal and I am forced to look for other options, or limp along with Antrun not working in Eclipse. Thank you. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)