Thanks to Raphaël Piéroni the error was found: there was an extra <directory> element in my archetype-metadata.xml. This was not reported at all by Maven.
You should convert: <fileSet filtered="true" packaged="false"> <directory>src/test/resources</directory> <directory>src/test/conf</directory> </fileSet> to: <fileSet filtered="true" packaged="false"> <directory>src/test/resources</directory> </fileSet> <fileSet filtered="true" packaged="false"> <directory>src/test/conf</directory> </fileSet> Future versions of the archetype plugin will report the first error, rather than ignore it leading to the second incomprhensible error (I received). On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Barrie Treloar <baerr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Brian E. Fox <bri...@reply.infinity.nu> > wrote: >> Howard, You have an interesting way of motivation and over generalization: >> "Once again, Maven is screwed up beyond belief and the developer community >> response is pitifully absent" "http://twitter.com/hlship" >> >> First of all, one plugin does not represent the entire Maven project. >> Second, the assumption that we are all here to jump at your beck and call is >> offensive. Perhaps your approach is what earns you "pitifully absent" >> response. >> >> Third, it's open source and patches are welcome. > > I agree with Brian. > > If you are having problems then invest some time into making them better. > And write up the your learnings so others dont face the same problems > are you are complaining of. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > > -- Howard M. Lewis Ship Creator Apache Tapestry and Apache HiveMind --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org