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Stephen Connolly resolved MNG-6217. ----------------------------------- Resolution: Not A Problem Fix Version/s: (was: 3.5.1) This is IMHO intended behaviour. In a parent pom you may want to define some defaults to be included for specific executions but not want those executions bound to the lifecycle unless needed. I have used this feature. It works and I do not see it as a problem. Marking this issue as such on the basis that three others agreed > Creating a WARNING by using executions in pluginManagement > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MNG-6217 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6217 > Project: Maven > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: core > Affects Versions: 3.5.0 > Reporter: Karl Heinz Marbaise > Priority: Minor > > I can often observe that defining something like this in pluginManagement: > {code:xml} > <pluginManagement> > <plugins> > <plugin>... > <executions> > .... > </executions> > </plugin> > </plugins> > </pluginManagement> > {code} > which is superfluous and shut not being done. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.15#6346)