> Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't the maven-eclipse-plugin the > generator of Eclipse project metadata files from pom.xml ? If so, this > has nothing to do with either of the other plugins. You're right, but Eclipse provides a full OSGi development environment. So Maven has to try to integrate with it for OSGi development (e.g. maven-eclipse-plugin generates the bundle manifest ...) Look at http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVEN/Maven+and+Eclipse http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MECLIPSE-92
> BTW: It would of course be nice, if it would be possible to use maven > to build and packeg Eclipse plugins and features. But to my knowledge, > this is still on the TODO of the Eclipse/Equinox team. This seems to be done by Maven team instead http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&&pid=11133&component=12260&sorter/field=priority&sorter/order=DESC Damien
