include the eclipse:eclipse plugin in parent/pom.xml file in the pluginManagement section so that hibernate project can use - mvn eclipse:eclipse to generated the eclipse project artifacts. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-3626 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-3626 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Improvement Components: build Affects Versions: 3.3.1 Reporter: Krasimir Chobantonov here is the plugin section inside the pluginManagement element <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.5</version> </plugin> -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/secure/Administrators.... - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira