In that issue the following plugin config was added to the top-level pom, which generates the osgiVersion property. Docs are here: http://www.mojohaus.org/build-helper-maven-plugin/

<!-- Prepare the $

-->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.3</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>parse-version</id>
<goals>
<goal>parse-version</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>