[SUREFIRE-1348] Documentation of parameter "argLine" for goal "surefire:test" lacks mention of a key change made in v2.17

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.12, 2.12.1, 2.12.2, 2.12.3, 2.12.4, 2.13, 2.14, 2.14.1, 2.15, 2.16
• Fix Version/s: 2.20
• Component/s: Maven Surefire Plugin
• Assignee: Tibor Digana
• Reporter: Gordon Daugherty
• Created: 28/Mar/17 16:54
• Updated: 01/Sep/17 12:05
• Resolved: 02/Apr/17 11:34

Description

The documentation for the argLine parameter here indicates "since v2.1" and the description refers to the @

{argLine} syntax but doesn't mention that you have to be using surefire-maven-plugin v2.17 or greater for that functionality to work. See "SUREFIRE-1047 - Add @{...} property evaluation for the argLine".

Probably the goal arguments page plus the FAQ page that it links to should be updated with a mention of the minimum required maven-surefire-plugin version.


I noticed this while experiencing issue "SUREFIRE-1273". Resolution of that issue should have been simple but I was on surefire-maven-plugin v2.12 and the documentation made it appear that @{argLine}

was supported since v2.1. I needed to upgrade but there wasn't any obvious indication of that.