Is maven-eclipse-plugin no longer needed with the new M2Eclipse in Indigo?

Question

Historically, its been a major hassle for our team to import our multi-module Maven project into Eclipse given all the Flex, WTP, and GWT stuff in there. We were recently think

Answer 1

I don't see it as a case of one making the other obsolete.

I see it as two independent plugins with each establish a relationship between Eclipse and Maven, but in opposite directions.

With m2eclipse being a lot more integrated, it appears to be the more popular option.

It plays well with the maven-ear-plugin for packing up an EAR.

The m2e-wtp plugin also sits in the middle of m2eclipse and WTP to allow Eclipse to utilise your POM files to deploy your projects to the server using Run As.. > Server.