OPEN - issue MNG-2591: Plugins are merged incorrectly http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-2591 Added tests to verify the XML attribute that switches merge-mode from replace/merge to append for children...then, fixed append semantics to force the dominant children (those given by the child POM, in this case) to be appended to those of the recessive/parent-POM configuration.
maven/components/trunk/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/ModelUtilsTest.java