New user docs: proxy configuration is not clear to new users
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Key: MNG-2407
URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-2407
Project: Maven 2
Type: Bug
Components: Documentation: Guides
Versions: 2.0.4
Reporter: Graham Leggett
When setting up maven v2.0.4 from the perspective of a new user, I have the
need to use a proxy.
Looking for proxy in the docs finds this first:
http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-proxies.html
This explains how to add proxy information to a "settings file", but does not
clearly describe what a
"settings file" is. The page does give a clue though, by linking the user here:
http://maven.apache.org/maven-settings/settings.html
This document contains the full definition of what goes into a settings file,
but gives no clue as to where
this settings file should live, or what it should be called.
At this point I have hit a dead end, as a new maven v2 user, there are no more
clues on how to set up a proxy.
The docs need to be updated to link to information on where the settings file
lives, and what the settings file is called.
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