How do I set in the pom to not compile tests?

Question

How do I set in the pom to not compile tests in Maven? I've tried:

<properties>
  <skipTests>true</skipTests>
</properties>

but in that case, Maven compile the tests but don't run them. I need Maven don't compile my tests.

Answer 1

You have to define maven.test.skip to true.

<properties>
    <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
</properties>

http://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-surefire-plugin/examples/skipping-test.html