+1 This is exactly the issue I go today with my IT tests ;) 2009/5/19 Stephen Connolly <[email protected]>
> Hi Everyone, > > The one could be controversial... ;-) > > The failsafe-maven-plugin is a fork of the maven-surefire-plugin designed > for running JUnit/TestNG/etc > style *integration* tests while interacting nicely with the lifecycle > phases around running integration > tests. That is, it does not fail the build during the integration-test > phase, but instead waits until the > verify phase before failing the build, thus allowing the > post-integration-test phase to execute. > > I considered going the patch to surefire route, but by having this as a > separate plugin, running tests > with debug options, etc is easier as the configuration properties are > called failsafe.___ and not surefire.___. > > My intention is that the version number would match the surefire version > number. > > The name was chosen for two reasons: > 1. It's a synonym of surefire > 2. It reflects it's function, i.e. when it fails it fails in a safe way. > > Did I mention that this vote could be controversial? > > The failsafe-maven-plugin is currently in the *sandbox*. > > This is the first step for a future 2.4.3-alpha-1 release > > http://mojo.codehaus.org/failsafe-maven-plugin > > Please vote for the *promotion* of failsafe-maven-plugin out of the > *sandbox*: > > +1 [ move out] > 0 [ ] > -1 [stay in sandbox ] > > The vote is open for 72 hours. > > -Stephen >
