I normally use a script similar to this:
http://javaadventure.blogspot.ie/search?q=usemvn

That lets me switch the active maven version for each shell quickly.

You can then set an enforcer rule that prevents the wrong one if you want
to force a specific maven and people can quickly switch with just one
command

On 9 December 2014 at 15:43, David Hoffer <dhoff...@gmail.com> wrote:

> In our case devs will be in active development in both branches so
> potentially building both at the same time.  So it seems I either have to
> upgrade both to 3.2.3 or make the old one at least work with 3.2.3 or don't
> upgrade at all.
>
> Maven really needs a bootstrap process where the build specifies the
> version used so multiple builds can co-exist using any maven version, is
> that a planned feature?
>
> -Dave
>
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 8:25 AM, Adrien Rivard <adrien.riv...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Have them execute a wrapper script that set Maven paths according to the
> > current project and execute it.
> > you can even alias this script to "mvn" command.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 4:12 PM, David Hoffer <dhoff...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I don't think the CI Server is an issue as we have lots of flexibility
> > when
> > > we setup those jobs.  The issue is for developer builds.  I'm not clear
> > how
> > > to setup workstations to make it easy to build projects with different
> > > Maven versions.
> > >
> > > Our standard practice is to set M2_HOME to the maven install and then
> add
> > > %M2_HOME%/bin to the path.
> > >
> > > The suggestion was to not set M2_HOME...okay I thought that was
> required
> > > but we can not set it.  We still need Maven in our path.  Are you
> saying
> > > that if I set the path to Maven version X, my build can somehow specify
> > to
> > > use Maven version Y or Z?  All I've seen in Maven thus far is the
> ability
> > > to specify what version must be used not what version to use, and it's
> > the
> > > later I'm looking for.  I don't want devs to have to reconfigure their
> > > system props to build different code branches.
> > >
> > > -Dave
> > >
> > > On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 1:51 AM, Bernd Eckenfels <
> e...@zusammenkunft.net>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Am Tue, 09 Dec 2014 09:27:29 +0100
> > > > schrieb Jörg Schaible <joerg.schai...@swisspost.com>:
> > > >
> > > > > > One other issue came up in this upgrade.  We still have branches
> > > > > > that have to stay at 3.0.x.  How can I make the trunk build use
> > > > > > 3.2.3 w/o changing everyone's M2_HOME?  Is there a way to
> bootstrap
> > > > > > the build so the build picks the specified version of Maven?
> E.g.
> > > > > > I want the build to specify the version used not the system.
> > > > >
> > > > > Don't set it at all. The mvn shell scripts will automatically do so
> > > > > for their Maven version on-the-fly.
> > > >
> > > > and use a CI Server where you configure the maven path for each job.
> > > >
> > > > Gruss
> > > > Bernd
> > > >
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