Resolving issue: MNG-271 o Added method to MavenProject called writeModel( Writer ) o Added code in MavenArchiver to export the full effective POM to ${project.build.directory}/exported-pom.xml and then embed that in the archive, rather than simply embedding ${project.file}.
maven/components/trunk/maven-archiver/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiver/MavenArchiver.java