So I guess the consensus is to remove M2_HOME from installation instructions and doc the specific usage of M2_HOME at FAQ?
Thanks -D On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Baptiste Mathus <m...@batmat.net> wrote: > @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" <rfscho...@apache.org> 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 < > m...@batmat.net > > >: > > > > -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 <and...@hammar.net>: > >> > >> > 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" <dant...@gmail.com> 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: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > >>> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Baptiste <Batmat> MATHUS - http://batmat.net > >>> Sauvez un arbre, > >>> Mangez un castor ! > >>> nbsp;! > >>> > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > >
