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Michael Osipov updated MNG-6102:
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Description: Package maintainers always try to fit a product into the file
hierarchy given/mandated by the OS/distribution. They separate the application
from the configuration to have one common place for every bit. Currently, Maven
does not properly support his. {{conf/}} is tightly coupled with {{maven.home}}
property and cannot be changed unless the Java code changes. Impossible for a
maintainer to stick to
[FHS|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard] or
[{{heir(7)}}|https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hier&sourceid=opensearch].
By introducing a {{maven.conf}} property in {{m2.conf}}, a maintainer can
easily move the configuration files to {{/usr/local/etc/maven3}}, decouple it
from the installation. (was: Package maintainers always try to fit a product
into the file hierarchy given/mandated by the OS/distribution. They separate
the application from the configuration to have one common place for every bit.
Currently, Maven does not properly support his. {{conf/}} is tightly coupled
with {{maven.home}} and cannot be changed unless the Java code changes.
Impossible for a maintainer to stick to
[FHS|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard] or
[{{heir(7)}}|https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hier&sourceid=opensearch].
By introducing a {{maven.conf}} variable in {{m2.conf}}, a maintainer can
easily move the configuration files to {{/usr/local/etc/maven3}}, decouple it
from the installation.)
> Introduce ${maven.conf} in m2.conf
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> Key: MNG-6102
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6102
> Project: Maven
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Bootstrap & Build, core, Settings, Toolchains
> Affects Versions: 3.3.9
> Reporter: Michael Osipov
> Assignee: Michael Osipov
> Fix For: 3.4.0
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>
> Package maintainers always try to fit a product into the file hierarchy
> given/mandated by the OS/distribution. They separate the application from the
> configuration to have one common place for every bit. Currently, Maven does
> not properly support his. {{conf/}} is tightly coupled with {{maven.home}}
> property and cannot be changed unless the Java code changes. Impossible for a
> maintainer to stick to
> [FHS|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard] or
> [{{heir(7)}}|https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hier&sourceid=opensearch].
> By introducing a {{maven.conf}} property in {{m2.conf}}, a maintainer can
> easily move the configuration files to {{/usr/local/etc/maven3}}, decouple it
> from the installation.
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