NPE org.maven.ide.eclipse.wtp.WTPProjectsUtil.isQualifiedAsWebFragment(WTPProjectsUtil.java:462)

Systematically get NPE when importing simple Maven project to Eclipse SpringSource Tool Suite 2.8.0 release
Which use m2e 1.0.100.20110804-1717

Same similar NPE with previous version of Maven integration. I do wonder for the last 6 months if I'm the only one using Maven integration with Eclipse, no kidding.

!ENTRY org.eclipse.core.jobs 4 2 2011-10-27 10:32:04.383
!MESSAGE An internal error occurred during: "Importing Maven projects".
!STACK 0
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.maven.ide.eclipse.wtp.WTPProjectsUtil.isQualifiedAsWebFragment(WTPProjectsUtil.java:462)
at org.maven.ide.eclipse.wtp.WebFragmentProjectConfigurator.configure(WebFragmentProjectConfigurator.java:59)
at org.eclipse.m2e.core.project.configurator.AbstractLifecycleMapping.configure(AbstractLifecycleMapping.java:72)
at org.eclipse.m2e.core.internal.project.ProjectConfigurationManager.updateProjectConfiguration(ProjectConfigurationManager.java:302)
at org.eclipse.m2e.core.internal.project.ProjectConfigurationManager.configureNewMavenProject(ProjectConfigurationManager.java:234)
at org.eclipse.m2e.core.internal.project.ProjectConfigurationManager.importProjects(ProjectConfigurationManager.java:150)
at org.eclipse.m2e.core.ui.internal.wizards.MavenImportWizard$1.doCreateMavenProjects(MavenImportWizard.java:164)
at org.eclipse.m2e.core.ui.internal.wizards.AbstractCreateMavenProjectsOperation.run(AbstractCreateMavenProjectsOperation.java:73)
at org.eclipse.m2e.core.ui.internal.wizards.MavenImportWizard$3.runInWorkspace(MavenImportWizard.java:249)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.InternalWorkspaceJob.run(InternalWorkspaceJob.java:38)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:54)

!ENTRY org.eclipse.core.jobs 4 2 2011-10-27 10:32:15.816
!MESSAGE An internal error occurred during: "Updating Maven Configuration".
!STACK 0
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.maven.ide.eclipse.wtp.WTPProjectsUtil.isQualifiedAsWebFragment(WTPProjectsUtil.java:462)
at org.maven.ide.eclipse.wtp.WebFragmentProjectConfigurator.configure(WebFragmentProjectConfigurator.java:59)
at org.eclipse.m2e.core.project.configurator.AbstractLifecycleMapping.configure(AbstractLifecycleMapping.java:72)
at org.eclipse.m2e.core.internal.project.ProjectConfigurationManager.updateProjectConfiguration(ProjectConfigurationManager.java:302)
at org.eclipse.m2e.core.internal.project.ProjectConfigurationManager.updateProjectConfiguration(ProjectConfigurationManager.java:277)
at org.eclipse.m2e.core.ui.internal.UpdateConfigurationJob.runInWorkspace(UpdateConfigurationJob.java:87)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.InternalWorkspaceJob.run(InternalWorkspaceJob.java:38)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:54)

pom.xml
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.onassignment.ops</groupId>
<artifactId>functional.tests</artifactId>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>OPS Functional Tests</name>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
<version>2.9.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.8.2</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>cpsuite</groupId>
<artifactId>cpsuite</artifactId>
<version>1.2.5</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>http://maven.xwiki.org</id>
<url>http://maven.xwiki.org/externals</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<pluginRepositories>
<pluginRepository>
<id>selenium</id>
<url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/seleniumhq/selenium/</url>
</pluginRepository>
</pluginRepositories>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.10</version>
<configuration>

<includes>
<include>*/AllTestsSuite.java</include>
</includes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.2</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
</resource>
<resource>
<directory>../../build/properties</directory>
</resource>
</resources>

</build>

</project>