simon wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to define some report configuration in a parent pom, so
> that they apply to child modules. In particular, the maven-pmd-plugin
> needs some config common to all the submodules. 
> 
> But I do not want those reports to actually *run* for the parent; it
> makes no sense to have a pmd report in the parent site's reports
> section, as the parent project has no code.
> 
> For a build plugin, this kind of configuration be done in the
> pluginManagement section. But configuring a report plugin in
> pluginManagement does not appear to affect reports, and there is no
> reportManagement section.
> 
> So what is the equivalent for report plugins?

Unfortunately there is no equivalent. But there is an issue for it if
you want to vote:

http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-1931

> Is it something to do with the reportSets section? I have read the maven
> docs on that several times and just don't understand what this is meant
> to do..

reportSets are used by plugins that output multiple reports. An example
of this is maven-changelog-plugin:

http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-changelog-plugin/examples/selecting-reports.html

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Simon
> 
> 
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