impl-base POM has: <build> | <plugins> | <plugin> | <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> | <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId> | <executions> | <execution> | <goals> | <goal>test-jar</goal> | </goals> | </execution> | </executions> | </plugin> | </plugins> | </build> I remember talking with Aslak about this because we wanted to promote test class reuse as detailed: http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-attached-tests.html 1) I thought he'd mentioned that in newer versions of Maven this explicit config was not required. True? 2) If still needed, we can/should centralize this in the "build" project S, ALR View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4254907#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...