it seems to me that properties-maven-plugin doesn't work with maven 3

demo/plugin1/pom.xml

@@ -21,8 +21,18 @@
         </license>
     </licenses>
 
+
+    <properties>
+        <plugin.id>welcome-plugin</plugin.id>
+        <plugin.class>ro.fortsoft.pf4j.demo.welcome.WelcomePlugin</plugin.class>
+        <plugin.version>0.0.1</plugin.version>
+        <plugin.provider>Decebal Suiu</plugin.provider>
+        <plugin.dependencies></plugin.dependencies>
+    </properties>   
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
+            <!-- DOESN'T WORK WITH MAVEN 3 (I defined the plugin metadata in properties section)
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>properties-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -41,6 +51,7 @@
                   </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            -->
             
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -87,6 +98,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <archive>
                         <manifestEntries>

demo/plugin2/pom.xml

@@ -21,8 +21,17 @@
         </license>
     </licenses>
     
+    <properties>
+        <plugin.id>hello-plugin</plugin.id>
+        <plugin.class>ro.fortsoft.pf4j.demo.hello.HelloPlugin</plugin.class>
+        <plugin.version>0.0.1</plugin.version>
+        <plugin.provider>Decebal Suiu</plugin.provider>
+        <plugin.dependencies></plugin.dependencies>
+    </properties>   
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
+            <!-- DOESN'T WORK WITH MAVEN 3 (I defined the plugin metadata in properties section)
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>properties-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -41,6 +50,7 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            -->
         
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -66,28 +76,19 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>2.3</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
                     <descriptors>
                         <descriptor>
                             src/main/assembly/assembly.xml
                         </descriptor>
                     </descriptors>
-                    <archive>
-                        <manifestEntries>
-                            <Plugin-Id>${plugin.id}</Plugin-Id>
-                            <Plugin-Class>${plugin.class}</Plugin-Class>
-                            <Plugin-Version>${plugin.version}</Plugin-Version>
-                            <Plugin-Provider>${plugin.provider}</Plugin-Provider>
-                            <Plugin-Dependencies>${plugin.dependencies}</Plugin-Dependencies>
-                        </manifestEntries>
-                    </archive>                    
+                    <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
                 </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>make-assembly</id>
                         <phase>package</phase>
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>single</goal>
+                            <goal>attached</goal>
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <archive>
                         <manifestEntries>

demo/pom.xml

@@ -35,19 +35,6 @@
                 <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
             </resource>
         </resources>
-
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3.2</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.6</source>
-                    <target>1.6</target>
-                    <optimize>true</optimize>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
     </build>
 
     <modules>

pom.xml

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.8</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.2</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@
             
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3.1</version>
+                <version>2.4</version>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>