michael-o commented on PR #1597: URL: https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/1597#issuecomment-2217966531
> This is all about "precedence". Take for example settings: > > * installation provides one (default system settings) > > * user may provide one (default user settings) > > > but both can be overridden, so you _could_ have "inter-maven" settings like "workstation specific" (for example all uers of given workstation access network in same way, so HTTP proxy as example) + "user specific" (users use user specific credentials). > > IMHO, this is more about specificity and/or precedence... so "user" MAY override things from "system", the final settings is built by "layering" in proper order. This I don't understand. While the user settings can be shared between Maven versions, there is no global settings which is sourced by every Maven installation like `mavenrc`. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org