http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1035 I tried to commit it myself, but failed. I am not sure if that's because I haven't got commit rights or if it's because I am using the wrong svn url or if it's because I am locally using the wrong login for that svn url? My svn url is https://svn.labs.jboss.com/labs/jbossrules/trunk Anyway, the patch is attached to the issue, works too :) ---- Because the maven-source-plugin isn't attached to the default lifecylce, you need to explicitly link it in <plugins>. Hope this changes for maven 2.1. I also added test-jar sources :) In the parent pom I changed this: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.0.2</version> <executions> <execution> <goals> <goal>jar</goal> + <goal>test-jar</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> </plugin> ... </pluginManagement> <plugins> + <plugin> + <!-- Entry needed to create, install and deploy sources jars --> + <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> + <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId> + </plugin> </plugins> </build> Then people can use "mvn -DdownloadSources=true eclipse:eclipse idea:idea"