Github user revans2 commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/storm/pull/2368
Maven does not support conditional properties. I would have to do some
ugly things with a profile that is activated when a property is set, and I am
not sure that even then I could make it work. Right now I like having the
NoTests interface more than having skipTests not work in all situations. But
that is just me, if others disagree I can change it, it is not a big deal to me.---
