Add ability to disable maven-site-plugin

[Voldemat]

New feature, improvement proposal

Right now even if plugin is not bound to any phases, it is resolved which one can check by running mvn dependency:resolve-plugins. This plugin is very heavy and has a lot of dependencies, it would be nice to have ability to remove it from plugin resolution so it is not installed each time on clean build.

[Voldemat]

Right now I created my own packaging plugin to disable all default plugins and such and it looks like this:

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]
[INFO] --------------< com.vladimirdev635:maven-android-plugin >---------------
[INFO] Building maven-android-plugin Maven Mojo 1.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO]   from pom.xml
[INFO] ----------------------------[ my-packaging ]----------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] --- dependency:3.7.0:resolve-plugins (default-cli) @ maven-android-plugin ---
[INFO]
[INFO] The following plugins have been resolved:
[INFO]    com.vladimirdev635:my-packaging-plugin:maven-plugin:1.0-SNAPSHOT:runtime
[INFO]       com.vladimirdev635:my-packaging-plugin:jar:1.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO]    org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:maven-plugin:3.2.0:runtime
[INFO]       org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:jar:3.2.0
[INFO]       org.apache.maven.shared:maven-shared-utils:jar:3.3.4
[INFO]       commons-io:commons-io:jar:2.6
[INFO]    org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-site-plugin:maven-plugin:3.12.1:runtime
[INFO]       org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-site-plugin:jar:3.12.1
[INFO]       org.apache.maven.reporting:maven-reporting-api:jar:3.1.1
[INFO]       org.apache.maven.reporting:maven-reporting-exec:jar:1.6.0
[INFO]       org.apache.maven:maven-artifact:jar:3.2.5
[INFO]       org.apache.maven:maven-core:jar:3.2.5
[INFO]       org.apache.maven:maven-repository-metadata:jar:3.2.5
[INFO]       org.apache.maven:maven-model-builder:jar:3.2.5
[INFO]       org.apache.maven:maven-aether-provider:jar:3.2.5
[INFO]       org.eclipse.aether:aether-spi:jar:1.0.0.v20140518
[INFO]       org.eclipse.aether:aether-impl:jar:1.0.0.v20140518
[INFO]       org.eclipse.aether:aether-api:jar:1.0.0.v20140518
[INFO]       org.eclipse.sisu:org.eclipse.sisu.plexus:jar:0.3.5
[INFO]       javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:jar:1.2
[INFO]       javax.enterprise:cdi-api:jar:1.2
[INFO]       org.eclipse.sisu:org.eclipse.sisu.inject:jar:0.3.5
[INFO]       org.sonatype.sisu:sisu-guice:jar:no_aop:3.2.3
[INFO]       javax.inject:javax.inject:jar:1
[INFO]       aopalliance:aopalliance:jar:1.0
[INFO]       com.google.guava:guava:jar:16.0.1
[INFO]       org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-classworlds:jar:2.5.2
[INFO]       org.sonatype.plexus:plexus-sec-dispatcher:jar:1.3
[INFO]       org.sonatype.plexus:plexus-cipher:jar:1.4
[INFO]       org.apache.maven:maven-model:jar:3.2.5
[INFO]       org.apache.maven:maven-plugin-api:jar:3.2.5
[INFO]       org.apache.maven:maven-settings:jar:3.2.5
[INFO]       org.apache.maven:maven-settings-builder:jar:3.2.5
[INFO]       org.eclipse.aether:aether-util:jar:1.0.0.v20140518
[INFO]       org.apache.maven.shared:maven-shared-utils:jar:3.3.4
[INFO]       commons-io:commons-io:jar:2.6
[INFO]       org.apache.maven:maven-archiver:jar:3.5.2
[INFO]       org.apache.commons:commons-compress:jar:1.20
[INFO]       org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-interpolation:jar:1.26
[INFO]       org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-archiver:jar:4.2.7
[INFO]       org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-io:jar:3.2.0
[INFO]       org.iq80.snappy:snappy:jar:0.4
[INFO]       org.tukaani:xz:jar:1.9
[INFO]       org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-i18n:jar:1.0-beta-10
[INFO]       org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils:jar:3.4.2
[INFO]       org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-sink-api:jar:1.11.1
[INFO]       org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-logging-api:jar:1.11.1
[INFO]       org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-core:jar:1.11.1
[INFO]       org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-container-default:jar:2.1.0
[INFO]       org.apache.xbean:xbean-reflect:jar:3.7
[INFO]       com.google.collections:google-collections:jar:1.0
[INFO]       org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-component-annotations:jar:2.1.1
[INFO]       org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:jar:3.8.1
[INFO]       org.apache.commons:commons-text:jar:1.3
[INFO]       org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:jar:4.5.13
[INFO]       commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.2
[INFO]       commons-codec:commons-codec:jar:1.11
[INFO]       org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:jar:4.4.14
[INFO]       org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-module-xhtml:jar:1.11.1
[INFO]       org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-module-xhtml5:jar:1.11.1
[INFO]       org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-module-apt:jar:1.11.1
[INFO]       org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-module-xdoc:jar:1.11.1
[INFO]       org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-module-fml:jar:1.11.1
[INFO]       org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-module-markdown:jar:1.11.1
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-all:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-abbreviation:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-admonition:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-anchorlink:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-aside:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-attributes:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-autolink:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       org.nibor.autolink:autolink:jar:0.6.0
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-definition:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-emoji:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-enumerated-reference:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-escaped-character:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-footnotes:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-gfm-issues:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-gfm-strikethrough:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-gfm-tables:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-gfm-tasklist:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-gfm-users:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-gitlab:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-jekyll-front-matter:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-jekyll-tag:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-media-tags:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-macros:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-ins:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-xwiki-macros:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-superscript:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-tables:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-toc:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-typographic:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-wikilink:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-yaml-front-matter:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-youtube-embedded:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-formatter:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-html-parser:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       org.jsoup:jsoup:jar:1.10.2
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-jira-converter:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-profile-pegdown:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-util:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-youtrack-converter:jar:0.42.14
[INFO]       org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-module-confluence:jar:1.11.1
[INFO]       org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-module-docbook-simple:jar:1.11.1
[INFO]       org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-module-twiki:jar:1.11.1
[INFO]       org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-decoration-model:jar:1.11.1
[INFO]       org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-site-renderer:jar:1.11.1
[INFO]       org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-skin-model:jar:1.11.1
[INFO]       org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-velocity:jar:1.2
[INFO]       org.apache.velocity:velocity:jar:1.7
[INFO]       commons-lang:commons-lang:jar:2.4
[INFO]       org.apache.velocity:velocity-tools:jar:2.0
[INFO]       commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils:jar:1.7.0
[INFO]       commons-digester:commons-digester:jar:1.8
[INFO]       commons-chain:commons-chain:jar:1.1
[INFO]       dom4j:dom4j:jar:1.1
[INFO]       oro:oro:jar:2.0.8
[INFO]       commons-collections:commons-collections:jar:3.2.2
[INFO]       org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-integration-tools:jar:1.11.1
[INFO]       org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server:jar:9.4.46.v20220331
[INFO]       javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:jar:3.1.0
[INFO]       org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-http:jar:9.4.46.v20220331
[INFO]       org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-io:jar:9.4.46.v20220331
[INFO]       org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlet:jar:9.4.46.v20220331
[INFO]       org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-security:jar:9.4.46.v20220331
[INFO]       org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-util-ajax:jar:9.4.46.v20220331
[INFO]       org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-webapp:jar:9.4.46.v20220331
[INFO]       org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-xml:jar:9.4.46.v20220331
[INFO]       org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-util:jar:9.4.46.v20220331
[INFO]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time:  0.719 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2026-03-07T21:06:24+05:00
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as you can see maven-site-plugin is very dependency heavy

[michael-o]

This is part of the default phases list for several packagings:

maven/impl/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/internal/impl/DefaultLifecycleRegistry.java

Line 111 in e575886

p.add(() -> List.of(new CleanLifecycle(), new DefaultLifecycle(), new SiteLifecycle()));

@cstamas Any ideas?

[cstamas]

I think this can be done for 3.10.x.

[michael-o]

I think this can be done for 3.10.x.

How?

[Voldemat]

Here are the versions that I`m testing on.

Apache Maven 3.9.12 (848fbb4bf2d427b72bdb2471c22fced7ebd9a7a1)
Maven home: /Users/vladimir/apache-maven-3.9.12
Java version: 25.0.2, vendor: Oracle Corporation, runtime: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-25.jdk/Contents/Home
Default locale: en_UZ, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "mac os x", version: "26.3", arch: "aarch64", family: "mac"

Apache Maven 3.9.11 (3e54c93a704957b63ee3494413a2b544fd3d825b)
Maven home: /usr/share/java/maven-3
Java version: 25.0.2, vendor: Alpine, runtime: /usr/lib/jvm/java-25-openjdk
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "linux", version: "6.10.14-linuxkit", arch: "amd64", family: "unix"

[Voldemat]

Tested same command with applied patch and it works as expected, site plugin no longer is showing up. Need guidance on how to deal with breaking change, core-it suit does not pass with this patch.

[cstamas]

Just some context: master branch is Maven 4.1.x, maven-4.0.x branch is Maven 4.0.x (rc-5 is latest release) and maven-3.9.x is the branch for Maven 3.x.

You say you tested with Maven 3.9.12 and .11, so doing a PR against master is something I'd not advise. Try with maven-3.9.x ?

[Voldemat]

Just some context: master branch is Maven 4.1.x, maven-4.0.x branch is Maven 4.0.x (rc-5 is latest release) and maven-3.9.x is the branch for Maven 3.x.

You say you tested with Maven 3.9.12 and .11, so doing a PR against master is something I'd not advise. Try with maven-3.9.x ?

I can but I need guidance on how to do it, because I didn`t find DefaultLifecycleRegistry.java in maven-3.9.x branch.

[kwin]

@Voldemat In Maven 3.9.x this is still configured via legacy plexus metadata:

maven/maven-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml

Line 89 in 465a93c

<component>

.

[cstamas]

@Voldemat @kwin not to refuse contribution, but IMO this change depends on "move to JSR330" bit. I want to get rid of all Plexus DI and Plexus XMLs, and replace them with JSR330 components (and poviders), something similar as explained here:
https://maveniverse.eu/blog/2024/09/07/how-to-add-new-maven-lifecycle-mapping/

As in that case:

• we can filter plugin versions, so no more "manual updates of lifecycle mappings"
• we can programatically control them
• etc...

[Voldemat]

@cstamas I would hope we could somehow land this before your DI change, because I`m not really proficient in java enough to land a hand at this transition and I would imagine it can take some time.

[Voldemat]

I submitted new draft for maven-3.9.x branch and right now I have a lot of test failures that are obscure to me. If you can please give pointers how I can resolve them.

Right now main error this is shown for every failed test is this:

[ERROR]   PluginManagerTest.testSurefirePlugin » Creation Unable to create injector, see the following errors:

1) [Guice/ErrorInCustomProvider]: TypeNotPresentException: Type EmptyProjectBuildingHelper not present
  at ClassRealm[plexus.core, parent: null]
      \_ installed by: WireModule -> PlexusBindingModule
  while locating ProjectBuildingHelper
  while locating DefaultProjectBuilder
  at ClassRealm[plexus.core, parent: null]
      \_ installed by: WireModule -> PlexusBindingModule
  while locating ProjectBuilder
  at LocatorWiring
  at AbstractCoreMavenComponentTestCase.projectBuilder(AbstractCoreMavenComponentTestCase.java:59)
      \_ for field projectBuilder
  at PlexusExtension.lambda$beforeEach$1(PlexusExtension.java:103)
      \_ installed by: WireModule -> PlexusExtension$$Lambda/0x00007e000125e870

Learn more:
  https://github.com/google/guice/wiki/ERROR_IN_CUSTOM_PROVIDER

1 error

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AbstractCoreMavenComponentTestCase: "org.apache.maven.AbstractCoreMavenComponentTestCase"
DefaultProjectBuilder:              "org.apache.maven.project.DefaultProjectBuilder"
EmptyProjectBuildingHelper:         "org.apache.maven.project.EmptyProjectBuildingHelper"
LocatorWiring:                      "org.eclipse.sisu.wire.LocatorWiring"
PlexusBindingModule:                "org.eclipse.sisu.plexus.PlexusBindingModule"
PlexusExtension:                    "org.codehaus.plexus.testing.PlexusExtension"
PlexusExtension$$Lambda:            "org.codehaus.plexus.testing.PlexusExtension$$Lambda"
ProjectBuilder:                     "org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuilder"
ProjectBuildingHelper:              "org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingHelper"
WireModule:                         "org.eclipse.sisu.wire.WireModule"
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