On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Barrie Treloar <baerr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 7:49 AM, Wayne Fay <wayne...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Rev 1364633 is a small contribution to more stuff to link to. >> >> Also on the Windows pre-reqs page, it might be nice to say something >> about antivirus software sometimes preventing Java from running >> properly, or Windows Firewall (and various other Firewalls) actively >> preventing Java.exe from reaching out to the Internet to "download >> stuff" which is a key part of Maven -- so that users will know to add >> exceptions to grant such actions.
How about this: Maven is a command-line development tool intended for use by experienced software developers. As such, it does not come in a package with an installer, and all of the available documentation assumes that you are familiar with command-line tools. You have to be prepared to install and work with tools like this to use Maven. If you aren't comfortable with tools like this, but you need to use Maven for some reason, you will need to find assistance, and the Maven user community is not a great place to get it, since that community expects that users have this level of skill and experience. > > Done. > > Also added to the 5 min guide: > > Prerequisites > > You must have an understanding of how to install software on your computer. > If you do not know how to do this, please ask someone at your > office, school, etc > or pay someone to explain this to you. The Maven mailing lists are > not the best place to ask for this advice. > > > I have only committed this and not redeployed the web site so that > others can "adjust the tone" of the paragraph. I was reluctant to > have a negative paragraph as the first thing to do in the 5 minutes > guide, especially one that says don't contact the mailing list with > these questions. > > Improvements welcome. > > p.s. I wonder if the people who are the audience for these changes > actually read these pages? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
