How to activate profile by means of maven property?

Question

I\'m trying to activate a maven profile using a property defined inside pom.xml:

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Answer 1

What about using an activation like this

    
        gwt
        
            
                uses-gwt.marker
            
        

and adding the file 'uses-gwt.marker' into source control, right next to pom.xml. That gives all developers the same state and sort of allows an aspect-oriented pom. we're using this technique in the parent pom and put hte marker files in the childs svn. Not ideal, but works.