@Robert yup my bad for being somehow unclear. The -1 was answering to the fact that M2_HOME may be useful in some cases.
So I'm indeed +1 for removing it from the docs. Cheers Le 27 janv. 2015 19:14, "Robert Scholte" <[email protected]> a écrit : > @Baptiste, so I guess your vote is actually +1 to remove it from > documentation, right? > M2_HOME is automatically set by the shell or batch script. > > The M2_HOME variable is here used to easily switch between different Maven > distributions. But with this name this can indeed cause > NoClassDefFoundErrors. > For the majority of the community it's not interesting to have multiple > versions of Maven and to switch often. > So this M2_HOME might be confusing. Instead just add > apache-maven-3.x.x/bin to your path. > You have my +1 for this change. > > Also, there's no need to add JAVA_HOME/bin to the path. Maven picks it up > as an environment variable, it won't scan the path searching for the java > executable. So I'd like to see that removed as well. > > thanks, > Robert > > Op Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:04:28 +0100 schreef Baptiste Mathus <[email protected] > >: > > -1 it's a problematic variable, removing it is a good idea IMO, and >> changing mvn version is indeed just a matter of updating your path. >> >> I've been hit many a time by an updated PATH pointing to a different mvn >> version than the one referenced by M2_HOME, which ends with >> NoClassDefFoundError or something like that IIRC. >> That's why I've personally been advising maven users I encounter to never >> ever set that variable for years. >> >> Cheers >> >> 2015-01-27 7:19 GMT+01:00 Anders Hammar <[email protected]>: >> >> > I would still suggest to make sure its documented somewhere. I find it >>> > incredibly useful to just change M2_HOME to simply switch Maven >>> versions. >>> > >>> >>> +1, very useful but I guess it doesn't require the name M2_HOME. >>> >>> /Anders >>> >>> > >>> > manfred >>> > >>> > Mirko Friedenhagen wrote on 26.01.2015 21:40: >>> > >>> > > Dan, go ahead, I have not set this variable for years. >>> > > >>> > > Regards >>> > > Mirko >>> > > -- >>> > > Sent from my mobile >>> > > On Jan 27, 2015 5:52 AM, "Dan Tran" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > > >>> > >> Hi, >>> > >> >>> > >> Any objection to remove the need to setup M2_HOME env variable at >>> maven >>> > >> download page? >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> Thanks >>> > >> >>> > >> -Dan >>> > >> >>> > >> https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNGSITE-223 >>> > >> >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> > >>> > >>> >>> -- >>> Baptiste <Batmat> MATHUS - http://batmat.net >>> Sauvez un arbre, >>> Mangez un castor ! >>> nbsp;! >>> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
