[jira] Commented: (MNG-438) conf for dummies (install wizard)

["Bill Parducci (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

     [ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-438?page=comments#action_40444 ]
     
Bill Parducci commented on MNG-438:
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note: during the process of creating a user settings.xml file there was a typo in the file name and none of the settings were read (obviously). had a default file been installed (and required, at least at the gobal level) this error would not be possible. admittedly this is a boeehead maneuver, but fustrating nonetheless.

> conf for dummies (install wizard)
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>          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

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> 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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