Carlo de Wolf created MNG-5264: ---------------------------------- Summary: When using maven.test.skip it should skip downloading plugins which will not be run Key: MNG-5264 URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5264 Project: Maven 2 & 3 Issue Type: Improvement Reporter: Carlo de Wolf Priority: Minor
Given the following section: {noformat} <plugin> <groupId>org.scala-tools</groupId> <artifactId>maven-scala-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <testSourceDir>src/test/scala</testSourceDir> </configuration> <executions> <execution> <id>scala-test-compile</id> <phase>process-test-resources</phase> <goals> <goal>testCompile</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> </plugin> {noformat} Maven will try to download the plugin irrespective of setting maven.test.skip or skipTests. {noformat} [ERROR] Plugin org.scala-tools:maven-scala-plugin:2.15.2 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.scala-tools:maven-scala-plugin:jar:2.15.2: The repository system is offline but the artifact org.scala-tools:maven-scala-plugin:pom:2.15.2 is not available in the local repository. -> [Help 1] {noformat} -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira