[jira] [Updated] (MNG-6102) Introduce ${maven.conf} in m2.conf

["Michael Osipov (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6102?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Michael Osipov updated MNG-6102:
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    Summary: Introduce ${maven.conf} in m2.conf  (was: Introduce maven.conf in m2.conf)

> Introduce ${maven.conf} in m2.conf
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>
>                 Key: MNG-6102
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6102
>             Project: Maven
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Bootstrap & Build, core, Settings, Toolchains
>    Affects Versions: 3.3.9
>            Reporter: Michael Osipov
>            Assignee: Michael Osipov
>             Fix For: 3.4.0
>
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> Package maintainers always try to fit a product into the file hierarchy given/mandated by the OS/distribution. They separate the application from the configuration to have one common place for every bit. Currently, Maven does not properly support his. {{conf/}} is tightly coupled with {{maven.home}} and cannot be changed unless the Java code changes. Impossible for a maintainer to stick to [FHS|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard] or [{{heir(7)}}|https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hier&sourceid=opensearch]. By introducing a {{maven.conf}} variable in {{m2.conf}}, a maintainer can easily move the configuration files to {{/usr/local/etc/maven3}}, decouple it from the installation.



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