FailOnWarning allow to stop the build process if some warning are raise.
To Compress every js and css files and fail if warning (on jslint and/or compress):
<project> ... <build> <plugins> ... <plugin> <groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId> <artifactId>yuicompressor-maven-plugin</artifactId> <executions> <execution> <goals> <goal>jslint</goal> <goal>compress</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> <configuration> <failOnWarning>true</failOnWarning> </configuration> </plugin> ... </plugins> </build> ... </project>