Why does exist?

[James Green <ja...@gmail.com>]

According to:

*
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-site-plugin/examples/configuring-reports.html
* http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-checkstyle-plugin/usage.html
* http://mojo.codehaus.org/findbugs-maven-plugin/usage.html
* http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-pmd-plugin/usage.html

and possibly others, I need to add reporting plugins to the <reporting>
element of my POM.

When I do this and run mvn clean site, I see a lovely web site but none of
the reports.

If I instead take the plugins from the <reporting> and put them as plugins
of the maven-site-plugin, they all burst to life. Indeed, I can remove the
<reporting> element and nothing is apparently lost.

So, can anyone explain what's happening?

Thanks,

James