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Ryan Maki commented on MRESOURCES-131: -------------------------------------- The biggest problem from not honoring the flag is definitely seen when there are very large test data files to copy. It can also be a performance problem on certain operating systems if there are a lot of small files. Even when the tests are skipped these files fill up the ./target and the build never touches them. In one of my builds I can see Maven pause on the testResources step over and over throughout the lengthy build, even when I'm just running a quick 'mvn install -Dmaven.test.skip' to get the current artifacts into my local repository when I've synced changes. (+1 obviously, many thanks for considering) > Maven resources plugin does not honour maven.test.skip flag > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MRESOURCES-131 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRESOURCES-131 > Project: Maven 2.x Resources Plugin > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 2.4.3 > Reporter: Kostis Me > > According to the official Maven documention the flag maven.test.skip means > that tests will not be compiled at all. > If tests are not compiled then there is no need for the resources plugin to > copy the test resources in the output folder. > This has a dentrimental effect to Maven project with thousands of integration > tests that use a lot of resources (e.g XML files, ZIP files, images.) > The reason for this is that even if one uses the maven.test.skip flag in > order to speed up the build, the maven resources plugin still takes a lot of > time copying the test resources. > It makes no sense for the plugin to copy the test resource if they are not > going to be used at all (the maven.test.skip flag) > -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira