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+Brett Porter wrote:
+> The active project changes during the reactor build. At the compile
+> stage, it refers to the target/classes directory. At the package
+> stage, it points to the jar file. If you are implementing your own
+> packaging goal, you need to call project.getArtifact().setFile( ... )
+> to ensure this is used.
+
+- multi module howto
+- per user scm setup
+  - outline behaviour when connection and developConnection are defined
+   
+   Our current URL looks like:
+   scm:cvs:pserver:@cvs.host.name:/cvsroot:module-version
+   
+   Using this URL, the default is to connect to the CVS server using the
+   same userid as the current user.  This is the desired behavior and I
+   don't want to mess that up.  I just would like a means to add a userid
+   in the URL only in special circumstances like Continuum.
+   
+   We might want to do something where we say it is a best practice to
+   specify a ${user} and take it from the environment and allow an override.
+
+- testing a plugin
+- How to get started behind an NTLM proxy.
+- How snapshots works
+- How do i use the lifecycle provided by a plugin:
+- How do i disable ibiblio
+- using version ranges
+- plugin expressions (look at bob allison's work)
+- overriding the central repository (use central)
+- description of what packagings are available and how they work