Hi,
since we're slowly upgrading the minimum JDK to run Maven it becomes more
and more important to let our users know how they can compile with an
ancient/older version of the JDK. I think we all agree that toolchains is
the way to go.
I proposed to add the toolchains to the Maven distribution and already got
a couple of +1's for that idea.
However, it seems like the toolchain.xml is a user specific file and not a
global file. [1]
Putting this file under /conf of the distribution (next to the global
settings.xml) would probably confuse a lot of people it that file is not
picked up from that location.
Actually, I would say that tools are system specific and not just user
specific.
Is there any historic reason to configure it per user?
Should we support global toolchains as well?
thanks,
Robert
[1] http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-using-toolchains.html ( The
toolchains.xml file (see below) is the configuration file where you set
the installation paths of your toolchains. This file should be put in your
$user.home/.m2 directory. )
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