I had to write this process down for the millionth time today. Here it is: the current procedure for downloading Maven (without using figures).
1. Go to http://maven.apache.org. 2. On the right-hand side of the page, you should see a section with the title "Get Maven 3.0.3". 3. Click on the first link in this section, the link titled "Maven 3.0.3" next to the folder icon. This will take you to a list of Maven distributions. 4. Click on one of the archive links (apache-maven-3.0.3-bin.tgz or apache-maven-3.0.3-bin.zip) in the "Mirrors" column of this table. 5. You should then see the "Apache Download Mirrors" page. 6. Click on one of the Mirror URLs and download Apache Maven. Can we figure out a way to make it this easy? 1. Go to http://maven.apache.org 2. Click on one of the Download buttons to download Maven. Is /dyn/closer.cgi a Foundation requirement? Is there any project that uses an alternative? I see closer.cgi used on Tapestry and CouchDB. Apache Directory looks like it uses an intuitive approach (without breaking user experience): http://directory.apache.org/apacheds/2.0/download/download-windows.html If you are curious as to why I'm interested in this now. It is because I'm starting to pay much closer attention to Gradle, and Gradle gets this right. The process to download Gradle is: 1. Go to http://gradle.org 2. Click on the download link
