Karl M. Davis created MRELEASE-890:
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Summary: Prompt for usernames and passwords when running
interactively
Key: MRELEASE-890
URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRELEASE-890
Project: Maven Release Plugin
Issue Type: Improvement
Affects Versions: 2.5.1
Reporter: Karl M. Davis
Priority: Critical
I've been using the release plugin for years now, and also supporting a lot of
other folks using it.
It occurred to me today, that one of the most common sources of frustration and
problems with the release plugin has been authentication: either users never
added {{<server/>}} entries to their {{settings.xml}} or their passwords
expired and they forgot to update it. Looking back... this ha probably been the
cause of around half of all the troubleshooting I've helped folks with.
I think it'd really help the first-run experience for folks if the release
plugin prompted users for their authentication credentials when they're needed:
if they're missing in the {{settings.xml}} and if authentication failures are
encountered. (Only when running interactively, of course.)
I imagine a lot of other folks' experience here might mirror mine, especially
in Windows domain environments with obnoxious password expiration policies.
Even if passwords aren't expiring, though, it seems like I'm setting up a
development environment on a new machine for myself or someone else about once
a month. And the {{settings.xml}} authentication credentials are an
oft-overlooked step.
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