conf for dummies (install wizard)
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Key: MNG-438
URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-438
Project: Maven 2
Type: New Feature
Components: maven-core
Versions: 2.0-alpha-3
Environment: i am using linux, but same applies to wintendo
Reporter: Bill Parducci
the environment here requires a proxy be setup. maven requires web access to
grab the goodies. myself and one other user started an m2 install from linux
and wintendo. both of us--starting from the install guide--ran into the same
problem: needing to modify the m2 configuration very early on in the install
process. the method that we both chose was to look in all the 'usual places'
for the conf file (assuming it would be there with all the default values)
whereby we could look for the proxy config and make the changes. yes, we could
find the properties reference and cut & paste that info over, but this was not
intuitive to either of us (no, i don't read instructions on building kids' toys
either ;o).
anyway... this lead to a discussion with jason where i believe i understood
that future versions of m2 will allow for a 'global' conf file (overriding
built-in defaults) and a 'user' conf file (overriding global conf file). to do
this, however, will require some sort of install wizard (on win) and/or packace
(rpm?) in linux so that the location of (at least) the user conf is known.
seems like the global conf could reside in a conf dir where m2 is installed
(next to the bin dir), but if there is a wizard to handle this it can be
anywhere.
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