[MPH-192] need <skip> option for evaluate goal #164

Garret Wilson opened MPH-192 and commented

It is typical and even expected for Maven plugins to have a <skip> option, so that we can provide (via properties, profiles, etc.) a way to skip the plugin execution. See for example the Antrun Plugin <skip> option and the Maven Assembly Plugin <skipAssembly> option. (I could provide a long list of similar plugins.)

Please provide a Maven configuration option to skip execution for the evaluate goal.

This is particularly important because the Maven Help Plugin provides the only means to generate output to a file which is recognized across many development environments. (For example, Antrun <echo> can generate a file, but it is not supported by Eclipse.)

It is important to be able to able to configure in the POM to evaluate an expression and output to a file only under certain conditions. Currently the lack of this functionality is blocking my use of the Maven Help Plugin evaluate goal and I am forced to look for other options, or limp along with Antrun not working in Eclipse.

Thank you.

Affects: 3.3.0