I'm no Maven expert, but in the case of passwords, I can see some merit to
this desire. What is the accepted way of storing passwords for builds,
anyway?
In any other case (responding to bkbonner), wouldn't something like
maven-properties-plugin do the same job, and reduce chances of human error?
Aside from passwords, I can't think of an example that human input can do
and property file input can't.
Harlan
On 10/17/07, bkbonner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Maven guys, I think this is a valid request. I'm using maven on one
> project
> to make it easier for non-developers to run builds. I'd like to have it
> prompt for environment variables, too.
>
> I'd like to make a maven-prompt-plugin that will take the configuration
> and
> prompt the user for variable values.
>
> This seems like it might be useful for things like confirming actions,
> etc.
>
> You could configure it inside a profile. What does everyone else think of
> this idea?
>
> I'd like to also know what the ramifications would be on the m2eclipse
> plugin.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
> Nunn, Gerald wrote:
> >
> > Simple question, is there anyway to get Maven to prompt the user to
> input
> > a variable? The scenario is that I have a proxy server that requires a
> > username and password, I do not want to store the password on the file
> > system and would like to have Maven prompt for it whenever mvn is run
> and
> > the ${password} variable is needed. The inputing of the password should
> be
> > masked as well. I was thinking of creating a plugin to do this but what
> > was wondering if there is something available for this already.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Gerald
> >
> >
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