When I execute certain goals from the command line I would like to activate a profile \'automatically\'.
E.g. what I\'m doing now:
mvn appengine:devs
The Maven Model told us as the profile consists of various elements, including with build. as the following example: -
... ...
As we have seen above, the profile controls the plugin. Then the answer to your question is no. We cannot let the plugin to activate the profile.
profile
plugin
I hope this may help.