Would it not be nice to be able to configure such stuff in the settings.xml?
and other thing like this is described in this issue: 
https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5356 (plus an extension is mention in the 
comments)
Configuring this in the settings.xml would allow to have a single configuration 
for a e.g. a build slave
Domi

On 23.01.2014, at 19:50, Thiebaud, Christophe <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> FYI, the use-case for EventSpies @ SAP is exactly the one described by Igor : 
> we use an event spy to instrument our Hudson/Jenkins instance to monitor the 
> builds.
> 
> This instrumentation MUST NOT require any pom.xml modification, 
>   so any maven project thrown into the Hudson/Jenkins can be monitored,
> nor any customization of the maven distribution (other than dropping files in 
> lib/ext or setting maven.ext.class.path),
>   so that maven is easy to upgrade. 
> 
> Regards
> Christophe
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Igor Fedorenko [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2014 15:43
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Maven 4.0.0
> 
> I think there are two separate concerns/usecases here.
> 
> Tools like m2e, netbeans or hudson need a way to push core components
> without changing maven distribution or project pom.xml files. I think
> system properties is the most straightforward way to do this.
> 
> Existing event listener mechanisms are convoluted and inconsistent. I
> have to agree with this one, but I think we can offer clean(er) event
> listener interface(s) which will work the same way regardless how
> clients choose to contribute them to the system, via build extension,
> system property or custom distribution.
> 
> --
> Regards,
> Igor
> 
> On 1/23/2014, 9:27, Jason van Zyl wrote:
>> You either end up with a custom distribution and/or using system
>> properties. Aside from the eventing mechanism being too convoluted,
>> something where an extension can be specified in the POM and
>> downloaded if required would be more consistent. The custom
>> distribution route or having to invoke Maven using a system property
>> IMO always ends up being more difficult than necessary. Additionally
>> we have 4-5 different entities for eventing, I would just like one
>> consistent one given everything we know now. >
>> On Jan 23, 2014, at 2:18 AM, Milos Kleint <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> EventSpies are not useless, I use them in netbeans extensively. I
>>> inject them using maven.ext.class.path property
>>> 
>>> Milos
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 3:57 AM, Jason van Zyl <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> I know there is the roadmap page 
>>>> (https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/Roadmap), but I started 
>>>> a Maven 4.0.0 page with some general notes and I just want to hook in the 
>>>> JIRA macro to pull in all the 4.0.0 issues at the bottom, but I have 
>>>> figured that out yet. I just want to be able to write notes and and see 
>>>> the issues, and turn them into issues when appropriate. If anyone knows 
>>>> how to embed the macro the page I'd appreciate if you can tweak this page:
>>>> 
>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/Maven+4.0.0
>>>> 
>>>> Back to cleaning up JIRA.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>> Jason
>>>> 
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>>>> Founder,  Apache Maven
>>>> http://twitter.com/jvanzyl
>>>> http://twitter.com/takari_io
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>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>>  -- Shakespeare
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>> 
>> Jason
>> 
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