Details
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Type:
Improvement
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Status:
Open
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Priority:
Minor
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Affects Version/s: None
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Fix Version/s: None
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Component/s: Maven Plugin
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Labels:None
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Environment:Maven 2
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Number of attachments :
Description
Please add the ability to specify a system property for the Mojo to ignore failures.
In our environment we have a QA department who require the final artifact (installer) even though jbehave and junit tests fail. If our continuous build environment doesn't complete the build because of a test failure, then these people cannot test the product.
Why not just change the pom.xml? Because our development department depends on it failing.
Why not just create a profile? We have many projects and the administration in getting profiles created is much more effort than just using a system property.
Normally I would just send a patch, but corporate life eats my time like the cookie monster.
Activity
I haven't thought about that, but it would mean that even when you don't want to ignore failures you always have to execute with -Dignore.failure=false right?
Alwyn Schoeman
added a comment - I haven't thought about that, but it would mean that even when you don't want to ignore failures you always have to execute with -Dignore.failure=false right? Yes, provided you've configured the use of Maven properties in the plugin. E.g.
<plugin>
...
<configuration>
<ignore.failure>$
</ignore.failure> <!-- picks up value from property -->
</configuration>
</plugin>
...
<properties>
<ignore.failure>false</ignore.failure> <!-- this is the default value that is overridden by command-line -Dignore.failure=true -->
</properties>
Mauro Talevi
added a comment - Yes, provided you've configured the use of Maven properties in the plugin. E.g.
<plugin>
...
<configuration>
<ignore.failure>$
{ignore.failure}
</ignore.failure> <!-- picks up value from property -->
</configuration>
</plugin>
...
<properties>
<ignore.failure>false</ignore.failure> <!-- this is the default value that is overridden by command-line -Dignore.failure=true -->
</properties> 
Can you use command-line properties, e.g. mvn install -Dignore.failure=true?
If so you can easily configure the Maven plugins to use these to override the default behaviour.