[MNG-5336] Descriptor Reference for settings.xml is incorrect

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.4
• Fix Version/s: 3.1.0-alpha-1
• Component/s: Settings
• Assignee: Dennis Lundberg
• Reporter: Jan Hänsli
• Created: 25/Aug/12 09:43
• Updated: 08/Apr/15 08:04
• Resolved: 20/Nov/12 11:28

Description

The example settings.xml found here (http://maven.apache.org/ref/3.0.4/maven-settings/settings.html) is not valid!

65: <properties>
66: <key>value</key>
67: <properties/>

bad line 67: <properties/>
correct line 67: </properties>

Steps to reproduce:

• Copy & Paste the document into your IDE or XML editor.
• Start the xml validator and try to validate the document against http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.1.0.xsd

Issue Links

• is related to: MNG-5380 Cannot preserve whitespace in Maven plugin configuration