I am trying to determine how maven processes profiles. I have defined a
property in 2 profiles like this:
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>test</id>
<activation>
<property>
<name>env</name>
<value>test</value>
</property>
</activation>
<properties>
<appserver.home>/path/to/test/appserver</appserver.home>
</properties>
</profile>
<profile>
<id>dev</id>
<activation>
<activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
</activation>
<properties>
<appserver.home>/path/to/dev/appserver</appserver.home>
</properties>
</profile>
</profiles>
When I echo the output and both profiles are active, it is always using
the test profile value. It doesn't seem to matter what the -P order is
nor does it matter what the order in the pom is.
I'm trying to figure out what the deterministic behavior is so I can
make sure I structure my profiles correctly. I will have overlapping
profiles that define "platform" - dev/test/release and "instance" - my
desktop/my laptop etc. I will thus always need multiple profiles active
to define my platform instance (dev - laptop or test-nh for example).
