[ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-438?page=all ]

Brett Porter updated MNG-438:
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    Description: 
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.

  was:
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.

    Fix Version: 2.0-rc1

> conf for dummies (install wizard)
> ---------------------------------
>
>          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
>      Fix For: 2.0-rc1

>
>
> 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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