the maven-plugin-plugin processes javadoc annotations to derive the plugin
metadata.
when you extend a maven-plugin artifact, the maven-plugin-plugin cannot see
the javadoc annotations of the parent mojo classes (because they are javadoc
annotations and it only has access to the .class files)
As
All,
I'm trying to write a custom packing plugin that uses the Maven assembly
descriptors but I'm running into some issues with my class. Just trying
to proof out my concepts, I copied the class DirectoryMojo and changed
the package name, added it to my Maven plugin and built the plugin; the
