Hi Benson, What is your verdict?
Thanks -D On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 3:15 AM, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> wrote: > I know of two cases where it comes up. > > 1: some of our own ITs. Those aren't a reason for comprehensive doc. > > 2: an application I wrote for Aether :-) > > > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 4:04 AM, Baptiste Mathus <m...@batmat.net> wrote: > > -1 it's a problematic variable, removing it is a good idea IMO, and > > changing mvn version is indeed just a matter of updating your path. > > > > I've been hit many a time by an updated PATH pointing to a different mvn > > version than the one referenced by M2_HOME, which ends with > > NoClassDefFoundError or something like that IIRC. > > That's why I've personally been advising maven users I encounter to never > > ever set that variable for years. > > > > Cheers > > > > 2015-01-27 7:19 GMT+01:00 Anders Hammar <and...@hammar.net>: > > > >> > I would still suggest to make sure its documented somewhere. I find it > >> > incredibly useful to just change M2_HOME to simply switch Maven > versions. > >> > > >> > >> +1, very useful but I guess it doesn't require the name M2_HOME. > >> > >> /Anders > >> > >> > > >> > manfred > >> > > >> > Mirko Friedenhagen wrote on 26.01.2015 21:40: > >> > > >> > > Dan, go ahead, I have not set this variable for years. > >> > > > >> > > Regards > >> > > Mirko > >> > > -- > >> > > Sent from my mobile > >> > > On Jan 27, 2015 5:52 AM, "Dan Tran" <dant...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> > >> > >> Any objection to remove the need to setup M2_HOME env variable at > >> maven > >> > >> download page? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> > >> > >> -Dan > >> > >> > >> > >> https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNGSITE-223 > >> > >> > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > >> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >> > > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> Baptiste <Batmat> MATHUS - http://batmat.net > >> Sauvez un arbre, > >> Mangez un castor ! > >> nbsp;! > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >
