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Wendy Smoak commented on MNG-3229: ---------------------------------- Apparently there is some debate around this topic. :) On irc, Brian mentioned that the activeByDefault behavior we are discussing only works in pom.xml. Then later, jdcasey: wsmoak: activeByDefault should never work in settings or profiles.xml jdcasey: you have to use activeProfiles jdcasey: that's the way it was designed, it was just an oversight to put those fields in the model for profiles.xml and settings.xml wsmoak: personally I always use activeProfiles. what I'm seeing is that activeByDefault *does* (sort of) work in settings.xml -- it activates the profile. wsmoak: but you lose the 'deactivate when another profile is specified' behavior. jdcasey: hmm jdcasey: it shouldn't be active at all...that's a bug, at least in the current design. I know a lot of people disagree on how profiles should work when coming from external sources, though With 2.0.8, I am able to activate a profile (permanently!) by using activeByDefault in settings.xml. > Active by default profile is ignored when another is specified explicitly. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MNG-3229 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-3229 > Project: Maven 2 > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Profiles > Affects Versions: 2.0.7 > Reporter: Oleksandr Maksymchuk > Fix For: Documentation Deficit > > > When default profile is added its used only when there is no another profile > specified to be used on command line via -P option. > So in the pom containig: > <profile> > <id>default</id> > <activation> > <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault> > </activation> > <profile> > <id>dev</id> > <!-- Not active, should be called explicitly. --> > default profile is used only when running command without -P dev > mvn > but not used when running: > mvn -P dev > Expected: should be used in both variants as per doc. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira