Error reading assemblies: No assembly descriptors found

I have been using version 2.3 of maven-assembly-plugin, but I believe the problem is the same: if the assembly configuration is declared inside an execution, it works from mvn package, but does not work from mvn assembly:assembly.

The solution I have found is to declare the configuration in the top-level configuration of the plugin, and keep the execution as small as possible:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.3</version>
    <configuration>
        <descriptors>
            <descriptor>src/main/assembly/standalone.xml</descriptor>
        </descriptors>
        <finalName>standalone</finalName>
    </configuration>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>standalone</id>
            <phase>package</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>single</goal>
            </goals>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

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